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Droought Maps Show Some Improvement As Several Storms Moved Across The Country This Past Week
Thu, 03 Dec 2020 15:28:49 CST
Precipitation in the form of rain, snow and a mixture of both were contained in several Pacific weather systems that floated across the U.S. this past week.
Western parts of Texas remained dry while a half an inch or more of rain fell across other parts of the region. Two inches or more fell across southern Texas.
Moderate to extreme drought expanded in other parts of Texas and exceptional drought grew in western Texas.
Meanwhile, heavy, wet snow fell across the Texas Panhandle, northwest Oklahoma and southwest Kansas at midweek.
Before the latest storms, the USDA had pegged topsoil moisture short or very short across 61 percent of Texas, and 43 percent of Oklahoma.
In addition, 83 percent of the topsoil moisture in Colorado was short to very short.
The USDA had ranked the winter wheat crop condition the lowest since 2012.
To view the U.S. Drought map, click here.
For Oklahoma, there continue to be two persistent areas of extreme drought (D3) adding color to the map. Those areas, which include Cimarron County in the Panhandle and Harmon County in the southwest could lose some of that color on the next update as this week's storms could help ease some of the dryness.
Overall, the Oklahoma map remains mostly unchanged.
To view the Oklahoma drought map, click here.
To view the monthly drought outlook map for December from the Climate Prediction Center, click here.
To view the 6-10-day temperature outlook, click here.
To view the 6-10-day precipitation outlook, click here.
Unfortunately, the seasonal map extending from now until February does not bode well for Oklahoma or much of the west and southwest as current drought conditions are expected to persist or worsen.
To view the U.S. Seasonal Drought Outlook map, click here.
The U.S. Drought Monitor Map is developed through a partnership between the National Drought Mitigation Center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, the United States Department of Agriculture, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
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