Rain won’t ease fire danger

There may have been only a 20 percent chance of rain Saturday, but alot of soccer and baseball games got rained out over the weekend.  It was a welcome break from the heat and scorching temperatures.

The national weather service says less than one quarter of an inch fell at Orlando International Airport, but more than eight inches fell north of Tampa.

While the rain cooled off the Keetch Byram Drought Index county average in Seminole county, fire danger remains high in Seminole, Orange and Osceola counties.  Seminole is at 550, Orange 600 and Osceola a scorching 650.  The Index is the scale the Forestry service uses, along with other factors to gauge fire danger.