US Drought Monitor: Conditions Improving

[Carl]

Current Map | U.S. Drought Monitor

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Wholesale improvements in the PP region and the eastern US.
West is still hurting.

 

[Brandon Yuchasz]

It will be interesting to see how the hunting is in the Dakota's this year. Maybe later in the season with the migrations will be okay. I suspect early season will be pretty slim pickings.

Glad to see the improvements. Hopefully the ponds are filling up!

 

[Brad Bortner]

If this continues into the fall it may lead to a good frost seal for potholes to catch runoff during the spring thaw. The improving conditions won't do much for this year's fall flight. May have helped with survival of late broods from renesting but breeding ducks were pretty sparse in the PPR during the breeding season. They mostly moved to wetter areas where productivity is lower.

 

[Jeff Reardon]

From what I am seeing for stream flows and the color of grass and hay here in Central Maine, that map significantly understates how dry northern New England is right now.

 

[greg setter]

Mid-Atlantic has had a wet year and we needed it. Good news further west.