Missouri State Climatologist Pat Guinan says Missouri is the exception to adjacent areas that have some degree of dry weather.
“We do have a few pockets of dryness in far southeastern Missouri, but you’ve got to look really hard to find them,” said Guinan, during a University of Missouri webcast, Thursday. “We’re pretty much essentially drought-free here in our state.”
There are some brief soil and hay drying opportunities in Missouri now, according to Guinan, but the northern part of the state could see severe weather by Friday evening.