Drought's End Unlikely, NC

Chances Of Drought Ending This Winter Less Than 4 Percent

From the climatologists at NC STATE UNIVERSITY

http://www.nc-climate.ncsu.edu/clima...e.20071107.pdf

The predictions are made a few pages down...

In order to completely end the drought this winter, the state needs as much as 24 inches of rain over the next 3 months (35 inches over 6 months) and the chances of that occurring are less than 4 percent. The PDSI is a meteorological drought index which responds to abnormally dry or wet weather conditions and is calculated based on precipitation and temperature data, as well as the local available soil moisture. It is one of many indicators used to determine drought severity. To find out more about drought indices, access the Raleigh National Weather Service drought webpage

http://www.erh.noaa.gov/rah/drought