Last year sucked but it was a larger scale drought. We were mostly all in it together. This July has been a personalized Stein boning from here to Winni while I get to watch daily flood pics and record wettest month charts daily.
My only guess is the relatively recent change of the 0.3° beam angle. With a cool season like storm and “flatter” beam they’re returning a lot of area in the mixed-phase layer.