🧵🟠DROUGHT SPREADS ACROSS KENTUCKY: Per the latest update from #NOAADrought, more than half of the state - nearly 55% of it - is now officially in #drought. D2 (Severe Drought) has expanded east to take in Bowling Green and a large portion of south-central and far W KY. (1/3)
( #NOAADrought): #DroughtMonitor 4/7: #Drought developed or worsened in large parts of the Southeast and West.
Mixed for the Plains. The Northeast and Midwest improved (but KY worsened).
#Drought2026’s Footprint: 50.1% of the USA
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DROUGHT SPREADS: This morning's update from #NOAADrought shows widespread #drought categorical degradation across much of the Commonwealth. A large swath of western & south-central KY - generally from Bowling Green and points west - is now in D1 (Moderate Drought). 1/3
( #NOAADrought): #DroughtMonitor 3/24: Record heat and dry weather WORSENED #DROUGHT across large parts of the West and Plains. The South/Southeast saw scattered areas worsen.
The Midwest, Northeast, and Mid-Atlantic improved.
#Drought2026’s Footprint: 46.9% of #UnitedStates
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( #NOAADrought): #DroughtMonitor 2/10: Another relatively dry week led to many degradations and almost NO improvements.
Areas that worsened include the Northwest, Rockies, Plains, Midwest, South/Southeast, Northeast, and Alaska.
#Drought2026 Footprint: 39.1% of #UnitedStates #USwx
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( #NOAADrought): February 2026 #Snow DROUGHT Update
A Dry, Warm January Leaves the West With the WORST Snowpack in DECADES
Economic impacts are occurring, especially for #winter recreation and the communities that rely on it. Water supply concerns increasing www.drought.gov/drought-stat...
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This morning's updated #DroughtMonitor from #NOAADrought shows some improvement from last week, particularly over portions of south-central and southeastern KY. Just 2.7% of the Commonwealth is currently in D1, those areas being the far SW and far SE near the TN border. (1/2)
( #NOAADrought): #California - #Nevada #DROUGHT Update
RECORD or near-RECORD #DRYNESS since the start of the water year (Oct 1, 2024) has expanded and intensified DROUGHT in southern and central #CAwx / #NVwx , incl. the area of the #LosAngeles #wildfires #wx #wxsky www.drought.gov/drought-stat...
