The front that passed through the Southeast helped in some places, but overall we’re still way below normal for rainfall over the last six months. Here’s the current drought map from USDA:
Locally not much rain fell, only 0.02″ in central Savannah, although a few places got more. As one commentator put it, just enough to turn the coating of pollen on his car to paste. The radar based accumulation shows the tracks of individual storm cells moving SW to NE …
While it didn’t bring rain, the temperature profile over the last few days is pretty interesting – from heat index in the 90’s on Wednesday to wind chill in the 40’s on Friday:
Another cold front and band of rain should approach Sunday/Monday, with lows Tuesday morning being 40, perhaps even in the upper 30s before warming into the 50’s for the Parade. A bit chilly for watchers, but about perfect for participants!
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