The drought in the southeastern U.S. isn't getting any better. Shown at right is the latest map from the U.S. drought monitor.At this point, only 8.6 percent of the territory of the southeastern states are NOT at some stage of drought, and more than 35% is at the most extreme level of drought--"exceptional."
The storm system moving through the East Coast today and tonight isn't helping much--while Pennsylvania and points north are getting pounded with precipitation (mostly frozen), Washington and points south are getting just a few showers--the basic pattern for the past six months.
The big talk around here is whether we'll get a snowstorm this weekend in D.C., or just rain. A better question might be: will we get anything? Certainly, points south of us would be delighted with rain, and lots of it.
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