Most of Central Alabama needs rain.
According to the State Climatologist John Christy, much of Central Alabama needs 1.5 to 2 inches of rain just for short term needs.
Some folks were lucky this week, as this graphic shows, including areas northeast of Birmingham up through parts of Blount, Etowah and Cherokee Counties. Folks in some of the western border counties also got some much needed rain, but as is the case through the summer, the positive rainfall amounts were widely scattered at best. In the graphic, greens, blues and purples are good.
Drier air has moved in, but ironically, the feature responsible for the front that brought the drier air may ship us a couple of thunderstorm complexes over the next four days that could help. We will be keeping our fingers crossed, and looking northwest.
