Thursday Drought Update: Slight Improvements This Week, Soaking Rain Tomorrow Will Help!
Compared to last week, there were some slight improvements in the drought thanks to the winter storm we saw late last week. A large portion of the state remains in either abnormally dry conditions or a moderate drought, with a few pockets of severe drought still evident. While the area in a severe drought has not changed, the area in moderate drought conditions has shrunk by about 3% since last week.
Another storm system will bring a widespread soaking rain to the deep south Friday into Saturday. Most areas of Alabama should pick up at least 1-2″ of rain from this, with isolated higher amounts mainly over SE Alabama. This should certainly make at least a small dent in the ongoing drought conditions across the state, although it likely will take a few more rain evens of this size to completely eliminate it.
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