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US Drought Monitor and Summary, Nov. 30, 2016

Precipitation from the low pressure systems that moved across the middle of the country fell as snow in the northern Plains with rain in parts of the central and southern Plains. Precipitation amounts ranged from 0.5 to 1.5 inches in parts of Texas and southeast Oklahoma, while northeast Texas to the southeast tip of Oklahoma received over 2 inches and locally over 4 inches. But little to no precipitation fell from northwest Texas to much of Kansas. D0-D3 were pulled back in eastern and southern Texas, D2-D3 contracted in southeast Oklahoma. But D0-D1 expanded in western Nebraska to central Oklahoma and the Texas panhandle, and an oval of D2 was added to southwest Kansas into the Oklahoma panhandle. As of Nov. 27, the USDA reported that 41 percent of the topsoil was rated short to very short in Texas, and subsoil moisture was short to very short in 39 percent of Texas. In Oklahoma, topsoil moisture short to very short increased from 50 percent last week to 55 percent this week, with 44 percent of the subsoil short to very short of moisture. Read more at droughtmonitor.unl.edu…

Written by:
kristin
Published on:
December 2, 2016

Categories: General, The Cattleman Now, WeatherTags: drought

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