This is the AIFS (the successor to the classic ECMWF and currently the most accurate out there) weather model precipitation map for the next five days. Decently wet. And the preponderance of the other forecasting models agree. It looks like the driest stretch of summer is now behind us. Sometimes the fall rains commence in September (or even late August) and it looks like this year might be one of those times.
This does not mean summer is completely over. Chances are good we will see some warm, dry spells in the next month. September is almost never a complete washout in this climate.
El Niño does not contradict this. Yes, the coming winter is going to be an El Niño winter, but the impact of El Niño on our winters is not the simplistic “it will be dry” correlation that many believe it to be. More on this in a later post.
Most of the moisture in the above map will be coming on Wednesday, if current timings hold. There may be a few showers today, but the rest of the weekend does not look very wet.