Rain Today

We had a decent rain over much of Illinois, Missouri and Iowa.  Looking at some of the NWS info shows that there are still streaks that got missed.  We had 7/10th.  South of Mt. Vernon, the rain seemed to evaporate when it got to I-57.  What is up with that?  The driest area continues to be parched.

So does this increase the yield potential?  Only in the sense that a lot of the crops can last another week into the heat of the summer.  TheNWS forecast only goes out a week.  It is showing no more rain in sight.  Accuweather is saying rain around June 21.  Another 10 days with no rain and crops will look as parched as they do now.  In addition, we will be getting on toward pollination time by then and rain becomes critical.  In my area anyway, we still have potential for good crops, but we need more than soil water to take us to a bountiful harvest.