![]() Much of the central and eastern part of the region saw above-normal temperatures, with readings commonly falling into the 2-8 degrees above normal window. In north-central Texas, portions of Louisiana and Arkansas, central and southern Mississippi, and south-central Tennessee, rainfall accumulations of 1-2 inches occurred, with locally higher amounts. In western Oklahoma, south Texas, and the Oklahoma and Texas Panhandles, the weather this week was mostly dry. Rainfall amounts this week in the South region varied widely. Elsewhere, the region remained mostly free of drought or abnormal dryness, aside from lingering areas in eastern North Carolina, far northern Alabama, southwest Alabama and the Tampa Bay area, where long-term drought continued. Abnormal dryness retreated in northern Alabama, southwest Alabama and the western Florida Panhandle after rain this week alleviated short-term precipitation deficits. Short-term precipitation deficits improved enough in eastern North Carolina for widespread improvements to ongoing abnormal dryness and moderate drought there. Rain amounts in parts of Georgia and Alabama ranged from 2 inches to locally over 5 inches. ![]() SoutheastĪbove-normal temperatures, and generally wet weather, occurred across much of the Southeast region this week. The rest of the region remained free of drought or abnormal dryness this week. Despite recent precipitation, moderate long-term drought continued this week on Nantucket, where in contrast to Martha’s Vineyard, groundwater deficits remained significant. In northwest Pennsylvania and southwest New York, recent precipitation has improved conditions enough to lead to the removal of abnormal dryness there. The depiction was also changed to an “SL” label, reflecting that dryness there is both short- and long-term. In western New York, decreasing streamflows and soil moisture and increasing short-term precipitation deficits led to small growth of abnormal dryness and moderate drought areas where long-term drought conditions were already present. Temperatures across the region were warmer than normal, with departures in western Pennsylvania and western New York 15-20 degrees above normal in many spots. Moderate to heavy precipitation fell across most of the Northeast this week, excluding parts of western New York and a few other areas. No changes were made to the Drought Monitor this week in Alaska. In Puerto Rico, a few improvements were made where recent rainfall has improved streamflows and crop stress, and lessened rainfall deficits and raised reservoir levels. In Hawaii, an active trade wind pattern continued, leading to some improvements on the windward (northeast) slopes of the Big Island and Kauai, while a small area of moderate drought developed on the leeward (southwest) portion of Kauai. Short-term dryness and high evaporative demand led to large areas of degrading conditions in northeast Wyoming, while west-central Wyoming, north-central Colorado, northeast Utah, western Montana, and the northern Idaho Panhandle all saw areas of improvement due to lower evaporative demand and improving snowpack recently. Recent dryness and warm and windy weather in northwest Oklahoma and the Texas and Oklahoma panhandles led to abnormal dryness developing there. Much of Texas remained the same, with a few degradations in the southeast corner and several degradations in central and southern Texas where long-term drought conditions are still causing impacts. Meanwhile, moderate drought expanded in northwest Missouri and portions of west-central Wisconsin, Minnesota, northwest Iowa, the far southern Michigan Upper Peninsula and far northeast Wisconsin. Parts of Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, the Michigan Lower Peninsula, southern Missouri and southeast Kansas saw improving conditions after heavier rains fell there. saw a mix of improvements and degradations, based on where heavier precipitation did or did not fall and where dry and windy conditions continued. ![]() You can see the results of MPE and get a close estimation of rainfall in 1 hour, 6 hour and 24 hour increments here.Moderate to heavy rain amounts fell across parts of the Southeast and Northeast this week, leading to localized improvements to ongoing drought and abnormal dryness in the Southeast, and mostly unchanged conditions in the Northeast, aside from western New York, which missed out on the heavier precipitation and saw minor degradations. ![]() MPE uses a mosaic of the radars listed below then calibrates the radar rainfall estimates with ground based rain gages. The Radar sites above are used by the SERFC in their Multi-sensor Precipitation Estimate (MPE) program which is the method of computing rainfall amounts for the river forecasting models.
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