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Dry since last tall
That will not be enough.
Although "limited relief' is expected in the short-term. Brig. Gen. Jack Kelly USAF (ret.t. Director of the National Weather Service, said that the drought is attributable to late fall and winter weather problems.
“It will take a period of above normal, well distributed rainfall during the next four months to eliminate most aspects of the drought in the East.” he said.
The return to warmer weather over the next few months comes, of course, with increased demands for water, and soil moisture level improvements expected through the spring will likely be reversed come summer.
Precipitation deficits of more than twelve inches since September of last year have set the stage for a difficult growing season.
Unless predictions are off base, agricultural endeavors in 2002 may again suffer the consequences.
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