July is trying to squeeze as much rain out of the skies as possible before bidding us all farewell. With having received such steady amounts of precip the back half of this month, the ground remains substantially saturated, so it doesn’t take much for creeks to rise. The region is at a point now where it’s under a Flood Watch, in effect from this morning until early tomorrow. Thankfully conditions are mostly calm in the mountains for the time being, but storms are expected to return around lunchtime and persist through the rest of the day. Some storms have the potential to produce Harvey rainfall, which depending on where and how fast they strike, could send drainages over their edges. Everyone is wise to get up or down the mountain with haste this morning and not leave any hiking to be done this afternoon once the atmospheric action kicks into gear. Air will be plenty humid still with temps near the mid 60s, with winds gusting upwards of 20mph at times. Please come prepared for the conditions.
Have a great day.
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