You are very observant! Congratulations. The comma's should have been periods. Wrong key.
I have a bad habit of periods after a finished sentence to emphasize full stop after an unusual statement.
We are not going to really feel the coming El Nino until Oct. - Jan This period will almost certainly be wetter than normal.
Other stuff is a crapshoot,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
I really appreciate your information. It reveals my expectations....................... There is a slow "catch up " time and even then a reluctance to downgrade drought..
I have lost a lot of faith in the veracity of the U.S. Drought Monitor.
When it updated Thursday morning at 8:30, it kept Augusta County in Extreme Drought. No way!
3 - 5 inches of rain in 8 days. 4.88" at my gauge. Water table rising and only a few ft. below normal.
It would be a miscommunication to even say that we are abnormally dry at this time. Maybe in a few weeks if no more rain, but not now.
1.95" last 36 hrs.. Harrisonburg received 3.05" last 24 hrs.
This is NOT a Drought buster but it is absolutely wonderful.
200% of normal for 2 to 3 months would break the drought.
Hilarious how we have been dealing with this for years and some are tone deaf as if it is a short term anomaly.
During the past 5 years, I have received an annual average of 37.30" compared to a 45 year average of 41.80........................ 4.5 inches average below normal during the past 5 years...........