The Drought Monitor released this morning does not show any changes in drought status to the continental Southeast, although there was some increase in abnormally dry conditions (D0) in some areas. In Puerto Rico, an area of severe (D2) drought was added to the south and north coasts and other areas of drought expanded quite a bit. With rain in the forecast for a lot of the region in the next week, I don’t expect to see drought increasing in most areas, but Puerto Rico could still expand since they are not expecting a lot of rain in the next seven days.
