Drought conditions are improving for most of the KVOE listening area.
Having three to four inches or more of liquid equivalent over a two-week stretch can do that.
Thusday’s update from the US Drought Monitor shows moderate drought for most of the KVOE listening area. Abnormally dry conditions, the mildest on the Drought Monitor scale, is now posted for the area’s northeast quarter — including most of Lyon County’s north half, almost all of Osage County and a significant part of central and southeast Wabaunsee County.
The update expands the abnormally dry area considerably from the Nov. 30 update. The moderate drought area this week was all severe drought a week ago.
This follows an inch or more of rainfall Dec. 1, half an inch to over an inch of liquid equivalent after the 5-11 inches of snowfall areawide Nov. 25 and 1-1.5 inches of rain earlier that week.
