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Quarter of Kentucky Experiencing Moderate Drought Conditions
Kentucky Ag Connection - 06/09/2023
Continued dry conditions in Kentucky have led to about a quarter of the state slipping into a moderate drought, according to the latest U. S. Drought Monitor report released on Thursday.
Two weeks ago, less than 3% of Kentucky’s land area was in the “Abnormally Dry” category or D0, the lowest stage on the scale that runs from D0 to D4, which signifies “Exceptional Drought.” The rest was considered to have no drought. Last week, no drought fell to 55.5%, while 44.5% reached abnormally dry.
On the latest report, the no drought area shrunk to 20.1%, while 54.4% is now abnormally dry and 25.5% is now in Moderate Drought, or D1, primarily near the Interstate-75 corridor. This is the first time any part of the state has been in moderate drought since last December, when it was just under 6%.
Lindsay Johnson, with the National Drought Mitigation Center, says large swaths of drier weather occurred in the Midwest Region, of which Kentucky is a part, during the past seven days.
“In Kentucky and the Great Lakes states, mostly or completely dry weather occurred this week, which led to mounting short-term precipitation deficits and worsening streamflows and soil moisture values,” Johnson stated. “Large-scale additions and expansions of abnormal dryness and moderate drought occurred, especially along and east of the Mississippi River.”
Looking ahead, Johnson says, “For June 8-13, an inch or more of rain is forecast from the Pacific Northwest to the western interior, then across the central Plains, northern parts of the Southeast and much of the Midwest.”
Source: kentuckytoday.com
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