Weather Update: Saturday – May 4, 2024
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Overnight: Cloudy. Showers and thunderstorms likely. Mild. Lows: mid 60’s. Winds: S 5-10 mph.
Saturday: Cloudy, showers, thunderstorms. Mild; highs low 80’s. Winds: SW @ 5-10 MPH.
Overnight: Cloudy, showers, thunderstorms. Mild; lows in the low 60’s. Winds: SW @ 5 MPH, calm late.
Sunday: Partly cloudy, showers, thunderstorms. Mild with highs in the low/mid 80’s. Winds: S @ 5-10 MPH.
Overnight: Cloudy, showers, thunderstorms. Mild; lows: mid 60’s. Winds: S @ 5 MPH.
Monday: Cloud/Sun Mix. Warm. Highs: mid 80’s. Winds: S @ 5-10 MPH.
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The Climate Prediction Center 8-14 Day Outlook for Wednesday, May 8th – Tuesday, May 14th, features above normal temperatures and above normal precipitation during this period.
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National Drought Summary for April 25, 2024
Summary
Moderate to heavy rain amounts fell across parts of the Southeast and Northeast this week, leading to localized improvements to ongoing drought and abnormal dryness in the Southeast, and mostly unchanged conditions in the Northeast, aside from western New York, which missed out on the heavier precipitation and saw minor degradations.
The central third of the contiguous U.S. saw a mix of improvements and degradations, based on where heavier precipitation did or did not fall and where dry and windy conditions continued. Parts of Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, the Michigan Lower Peninsula, southern Missouri and southeast Kansas saw improving conditions after heavier rains fell there. Meanwhile, moderate drought expanded in northwest Missouri and portions of west-central Wisconsin, Minnesota, northwest Iowa, the far southern Michigan Upper Peninsula and far northeast Wisconsin. Much of Texas remained the same, with a few degradations in the southeast corner and several degradations in central and southern Texas where long-term drought conditions are still causing impacts. Recent dryness and warm and windy weather in northwest Oklahoma and the Texas and Oklahoma panhandles led to abnormal dryness developing there.
Short-term dryness and high evaporative demand led to large areas of degrading conditions in northeast Wyoming, while west-central Wyoming, north-central Colorado, northeast Utah, western Montana, and the northern Idaho Panhandle all saw areas of improvement due to lower evaporative demand and improving snowpack recently. In Hawaii, an active trade wind pattern continued, leading to some improvements on the windward (northeast) slopes of the Big Island and Kauai, while a small area of moderate drought developed on the leeward (southwest) portion of Kauai. In Puerto Rico, a few improvements were made where recent rainfall has improved streamflows and crop stress, and lessened rainfall deficits and raised reservoir levels.
No changes were made to the Drought Monitor this week in Alaska.
– NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
https://droughtmonitor.unl.edu
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