Another weekend washout is predicted for Butler County.

Tyler Wixtrom, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Pittsburgh, said that 1 to 1.5 inches of rain is expected in the county through 8 a.m. Sunday. The heaviest downpours should be Saturday morning through Saturday afternoon.

On Sunday, less than a half-inch of rain is predicted, but Wixtrom said there is a lot of uncertainty with that prediction.

Aflood watch is in effect until Saturday afternoon.

So far this month, 5.69 inches of rain has been recorded in the county, more than an inch above normal, which is 4.16 inches. There have been 13 days this month with recorded rainfall.

The most rain fell on June 15 with 2.4 inches followed by June 16 with 1.85 inches.

Wixtrom said the region has been affected by several short-term weather patterns bringing up a lot of moisture from the Gulf of Mexico.

Additional rain likely will lead to higher flow for the Butler Area Sewer Authority.

“That’s not going to go away,” said executive director Tom Rockovich.

He said that flow has been pretty high recently, and he is anticipating high flow this weekend.

Rockovich said he expects to pump overflow sewage and water into BASA’s overflow tanks. With these tanks, overflows and backups can still happen, but they are rare.

The heavy rain also has affected farmers.

Luke Fritz, executive director of the county Farm Service Agency, said rain is good for crops, but not this much heavy, continued rain.

“We definitely have had way too much,” Fritz said.

He said that farmers have not been able to plant in some fields because they are too wet.

In other cases, farmers have not been able to use fertilizer or herbicides on planted fields because they are too wet and their equipment has been getting stuck.

Additionally, conditions have been too wet for farmers to make hay this month.

Fritz said farmers possibly can expect a diminished harvest of corn and soybeans in the fall.

“Things can turn around quick, though,” Fritz said.