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Drought Monitor Shows Cold, Dry Air Dominates Weather For the Week
USAgNet - 04/23/2021
Upper-level circulation for the week ending April 20 consisted of a ridge that blocked Pacific moisture from entering and a trough over north-central states that funneled cold, dry Canadian air into the Plains and beyond.
According to the latest Drought Monitor report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, much of the West, northern Plains to Ohio Valley, Southeast, and Maine was drier than normal for the week.
Soils continued to dry out in the West and Southeast.
Groundwater observations from wells and estimated from satellite measurements revealed dry conditions across the West, northern and southern Plains, Northeast, and parts of the Southeast.
Only parts of the Southeast and Northeast averaged warmer than normal for the week.
Rain and snow fell on the northern and central Rockies, with amounts meeting or exceeding weekly normals in parts of the northern to central Rockies and High Plains.
Above-normal rainfall also covered Oklahoma and northern Texas to Florida, with amounts along the northern Gulf Coast exceeding 5 inches in places.
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