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Drought Monitor Shows a Small Crack in Statewide Drought- The Latest Graphics
Fri, 05 Apr 2013 05:52:08 CDT
Rainfall in eastern Oklahoma has finally allowed a portion of one county to be removed from the drought categories totally. That's what we see in the latest Drought Monitor map for the state of Oklahoma that was released on Thursday.
Gary McManus, our Associate State Climatologist for the Oklahoma Climatological Survey, offered his take on this latest graphic showing less than one percent of the state finally not in drought for the first time in months- "That map didn't change too much from last week, but there is one significant change nonetheless. Check out that weird yellow color in LeFlore County- abnormally dry? That's what the DM uses when somebody is dry, but not quite in drought, either just heading in or coming out of drought. That's actually the first time we've seen a part of the state out of drought since July 2012! Now watch for next week's map because you will see some pretty big changes due to this week's rains. (McManus is referring to the graphic above)
Extreme Drought does continue for most of Texas County and Cimarron County in the Panhandle- and for several counties in far southwest Oklahoma.
McManus goes on to in his latest Drought Ticker to look ahead- "Here's another great change from what we've seen over the last 9-10 months. Take a gander at the latest U.S. Seasonal Drought Outlook. Most of Oklahoma is included in the "drought likely to improve" or "drought ongoing, some improvement" area for April 4-June 30. Unfortunately, the Panhandle remains in the "drought to persist or intensify" area." (the graphic seen below)
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