If you think it has been dry recently, you are right.
For the first time in a long time, the US Drought Monitor has the western portions of the region under D0 level drought, the lowest level that signals abnormally dry conditions.
Last week, this area of drought was absent from the region but yet another week of mostly dry weather with continued above-average temperatures has led to us falling behind on rainfall for the first time this year.
Numerous wildfires have occurred across the region due to this dry spell and just to our north in North Carolina over 1300 acres have been burned including the protected and heavily visited Pilot Mountain State Park.
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The good news is that the extended weather models are keying in on the potential for some rainfall both next Monday and Wednesday as a series of low pressure systems impact the region. Stay tuned for the latest on those.
