Without getting too technical, the reason for our dry pattern has simply been that the jet stream has been stuck to our west. The jet stream is a fast moving band of winds that steers storms. Think of it like a train track and think of storms like the cars of a train. Low pressure areas (other than tropical systems) can only form and move along a jet stream. With it stuck to our west the storms have stayed to the west and the result has been dry weather here with the midwest seeing much flooding. For a few days at least that is about to change. An almost stationary storm system will slowly drift across the eastern third of the country. How much rain we get will depend on the exact track of the storms that form along that front, but right now it looks like the best chance for a decent rain that we have seen in a long time. So, stay tuned the next few days while we pin down the exact timing and rain chances.