A much drier week than the two weeks prior, allowing the soil to dry out and the farmers to hit the fields.  In fact, one farmer was kicking up so much dust yesterday while disking that I was wondering if that field had missed rain the two weeks prior, it had dried out so fast.  Planting has begun.  Only 0.23" of rain fell at this station location this past week during a storm early Friday morning.  The NOAA Norms all remain above normal for MTD, YTD and WYTD.  Area rivers remain high but are receding.  The Mississippi River at Rock Island has fallen below Moderate flood stage; at LeClaire it remained in Action stage.  The Rock River has dropped below Major flood stage and is currently at the low end of Moderate flood stage.  The Green River is quickly dropping back to its normal levels, never having flooded.  Grass remains lush green and still needing mowed every third day. The week sounds like it will start wet with severe storms expected starting tonight into Monday before starting a long dry period the rest of the week with temps remaining in the low to mid 60's and lots of sunshine.