Latest federal drought map puts entire San Francisco Bay Area in extreme drought
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Drought Monitor map released Thursday, May 6, 2021, with data from May 4, 2021.United States Drought Monitor
A lot can happen in a week.
The latest version of the federal United States Drought Monitor map shows increasingly dire drought conditions throughout California and the entire San Francisco Bay Area region is in extreme drought. Last week, portions of the nine-county region including a large portion of Santa Clara County and parts of Alameda and San Mateo were still in the less critical severe drought.
The map classifies the level of dry conditions on a color-coded scale from abnormally dry (yellow) to exceptional drought (maroon). The May 6 map shows the most severe, exceptional conditions developing along the southern portion of the state s eastern border with Nevada and Arizona. Extreme drought (red) covers most of southern and northern California, an
Extreme drought shows no signs of releasing its grip on North Dakota, despite recent cooler weather and widespread rainfall.
The latest U.S. Drought Monitor map, released Thursday, shows 85% percent of North Dakota in extreme drought, the second-worst of four categories. That s up slightly from 83% last week. Extreme drought blankets the western and central portions of the state, with most of the Red River Valley in moderate or severe drought. Areas of extreme drought expanded in northern South Dakota and southern North Dakota, wrote Western Regional Climate Center Associate Research Scientist David Simeral and Climate Prediction Center Meteorologist Richard Tinker.
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Based on measurements of precipitation, soil moisture, river levels, and other factors, the federal drought authority said Monday that a large swath of California is now in extreme drought status. While Sacramento County and some parts of Northern California have been in the red-designated extreme category for a number of weeks, the Bay Area had been in the orange or severe category as of April 20. Last week, a lot of the Bay Area entered the red, but parts of Alameda, Santa Clara and San Mateo counties were still in the less dry category.
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