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Weekend Precip May Assist Drought-Stricken Areas, McManus Says
Thu, 19 Dec 2013 12:36:17 CST
The latest Drought Monitor shows dry conditions on the increase in parts of Oklahoma, but Associate State Climatologist Gary McManus says forecast weekend precipitation is coming at a very opportune time.
"Totals are looking generous, and more importantly, generous in all the right places," he says.
The amount of the state in drought really didn't increase much (from 38.32% in D1-D4 last week to 38.65% this week), but the amount in that D2-Severe drought category went from 11% to 14%. McManus says that's nothing major, but it is still an intensification which isn't easy to do during the cool season.
He says the Climate Prediction Center is calling for increased odds of a warm January and January-March period across the entire state. Chances for precipitation appear to equal in the categories of above-, below-, and near-normal categories except for southern Oklahoma which favors chances for below-normal precipitation through January.
Nationwide, the Seasonal Drought Outlook shows very little change in conditions anytime soon.
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