There is a slight chance of severe thunderstorms this afternoon, and a chance of heavy rain with localized flooding tonight and Saturday. The Ohio River may rise to near flood stage next week. Read more>>>
Rainfall is currently well below normal for the fifth straight month, with only 0.14 inch so far. There are, however, saturated soils upstream with residual snowpack in the mountains. Heavy rain is expected over this snowpack this weekend.
Speculation that February would be historically cold and snowy turned out to be correct, although liquid precipitation totals (including melted snow) were below normal for the fourth straight month. While not a record cold month, the National Weather Service has issued a summary of what was the snowiest February on record. Read more–>
By the way, while total liquid precipitation was below normal in February, it fell throughout the month then was released all at once in the melting snow toward the end of the month. Therefore, soils are still rather soggy at this point.
