THE WEEKLY - July 29 - August 4

It's been a while since I've posted THE WEEKLY for one reason only: it's been really boring. Since my last post I've seen 0.68" of rain at my house, and most of Central Ohio hasn't seen much more than an inch. The one exception, as you'll see below, is an area in northeastern Franklin County where heavy rain did fall recently. Other than that? It's been average to below average temperatures, and dry conditions.

AHPS Precipitation Analysis for past 14 days

The Columbus airport has reported 4.60" of rain this month and that seems excessive. Especially when you see that the rest of Franklin County has been well below that in the past two weeks.

This week will hopefully give us a little more rain to close out the month, and bring a little more green to the lawns.

The Euro total precip model doesn't think we'll get a ton, but the hope is that most of Central Ohio sees 0.5" to 1", with the possibility for more in some places further south:

Euro rainfall model

Not only are we in a bit of a rain drought, but the summer months have put us in a Severe Weather drought as well. The last Severe Thunderstorm Watch we had was May 22nd in Franklin County. The last Tornado Watch was all the way back on April 3rd, although we did have a Tornado Warning in Columbus on May 15th. I don't see that drought coming to an end anytime soon. We're in between our severe seasons of Spring and Fall, so I doubt we see another watch for at least another month.

Later this week starts August, which is probably one of the most boring weather months of the year for us. For 2012-2017 we have seen exactly one Severe Thunderstorm Watch in Franklin County in the month of August. Even with us being in a more active pattern, I don't think that trend will change this year.

How much long until we start talking about snowfall maps?