I think the rain is getting old for many of us, especially farmers.  We’ve now seen a trace or more of rain on 19 of our 22 days of October and we’re continuing in an active pattern for a while in our forecast.  These last two days have been especially rough with not just some rain, but moderately heavy rain for a prolonged period of time with chilly temperatures to go along with it.  Here’s our rainfall climatology as of 5 pm Thursday.

We might see some snow mix in with the rain tonight with probably less than an inch of accumulation in Sioux City.  But out west there could be as much as 2 to 5 inches of snow where a Winter Weather Advisory is in effect for Antelope, Pierce, and Madison counties.

Hang in there.  This storm system pulls farther east on Friday bringing an end to our precipitation and leaving us with a nice day on Saturday.  As I mentioned though, we are still in the middle of an active 7-day forecast.

Ron Demers

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