Any guess as to what Sept. will look like, or is this a month long pattern for drought and closures?

Even the Great Tom Skilling wouldn't try to make that prediction

Just didn’t know if this is the usual for this time of year with a reprieve expected within the next coming weeks, by the sounds of it it caught a lot of people by surprise.

I think I can say without fear of contradiction that no one on this planet knows what the usual is anymore. We are riding a trend right now, not a cycle.