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US Drought Monitor and Summary, Dec. 6, 2016

During the past 7-days, several frontal systems moved across the contiguous U.S. Heavy precipitation (generally 2-6 inches, …

Precipitation from the low pressure systems that moved across the middle of the country fell as snow in the northern Plains with …

Coastal and northeastern Texas received half an inch or more of rain. D0 (Abnormally Dry) to D3 (Extreme Drought) were adjusted in …

There was some contraction of Abnormally Dry (D0) conditions in Texas where the rains fell, but more expansion of D0-D2 occurred …