The Drought Monitor web site has been having some problems recently, so today’s drought map is from Drought.gov, its sister site. Because of recent rains, drought conditions improved there this week. They could see more improvement next week with rain from potential Tropical Storm Claudette, which is pulling itself together in the Gulf. Even if it never gets named, it will still carry a bunch of moisture into the Southeast. Someone’s going to get several inches of wet.
The NC Climate Office published their own discussion of the latest drought status. You can read it at https://climate.ncsu.edu/blog/2021/06/drought-diminishes-after-early-june-deluges/.
