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[email protected] Submitted Photo This Climate Prediction Center long-range precipitation outlook rates North Dakota as having a 50% probability of below normal precipitation in July, August, and September. A Drought Briefing issued by the National Weather Service Wednesday cautions that current drought conditions across North Dakota are likely to “persist or worsen” well into the summer months. The NWS adds, “It is always possible we could have a pattern change and transition to a cooler/wetter pattern, but there is no indication of that happening.” North Dakota has been drying out for several months but, with the growing and planting season getting underway, the lack of soil moisture begins to become more and more evident. Further degradation of soil moisture conditions is of increasing concern, particularly to farmers and ranchers. ....
Submitted Photo “The bottom line is that we still have a deficit in soil moisture. A holding pattern is a good way to put it,” said Allen Schlag, National Weather Service hydrologist in response to that latest issuance of the Drought Monitor, released Thursday. Despite recent precipitation, rain and snow, across the state, there was no change to the amount of North Dakota considered to be in “extreme” drought – 75.85%. The designation includes all of Ward County where 0.93 inches of precipitation has been recorded this month at the North Central Research and Extension Center south of Minot. Elsewhere in the state precipitation totals over the same period have been much less, as little as a few hundredths in Dickinson and Jamestown. ....
[email protected] Anytime precipitation totals are compared to the era of the “Dirty ’30s”, when a lack of rainfall led to wind erosion and massive dust clouds across the heart of the country, it isn’t a good thing. But that’s exactly what has happened to the month of March this year with a scant 0.08 of precipitation was recorded for the 31-day period at the North Central Research and Extension Center south of Minot. Normal March rainfall for the Minot area, an average for the last 116 years of record keeping, is 0.84 inches, meaning that one good rainfall could easily make up the monthly deficit. However, with much of the region considered to be in “extreme” drought and 11 of the past 12 months having below-average rainfall, it is the yearly accumulation of precipitation that is perhaps more telling. ....
[email protected] Submitted Photo North Dakota is among much of the western United States where drought conditions persist and, says the National Weather Service, conditions are likely to worsen in the months ahead. No snow cover and daily temperatures flirting with record highs signals a very welcome and early spring for North Dakota. The celebration could be short lived, however. The National Weather Service on Monday issued their first-ever Drought Briefing, warning that severe drought conditions throughout most of the state are likely to “persist or worsen” through spring and well into the summer. It’s not good news for a state where agriculture is a major contributor to the economy and livelihood of many residents. ....