Another month of well below normal precipitation worsened drought conditions by about one category in the month of October.
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The episode as NWS EPZ wrote it up.
Another month of well below normal precipitation worsened drought conditions by about one category in the month of October.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
6 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
The entire zone went from Severe(D2) drought to Extreme(D3) drought.
The month started with Extreme(D2) drought over the north and Moderate(D1) drought over the south. By the end of October, the northern half of the zone was in Extreme(D3) drought and Severe(D2) drought over the south. The El Paso Airport reported only 0.05 inches of precipitation which was 0.54 inches below normal.
The month started out with Severe(D2) drought over the north and Moderate(D1) drought across the south. By the end of the month, the north was in Extreme(D3) drought and the south was in Severe(D2) drought.
The eastern half of the zone started the month in Extreme(D3) drought and Severe(D2) drought over the west. By the end of October, the entire zone was in Extreme(D3) drought.
The western half of the zone started out the month in Severe(D2) drought with Extreme(D3) drought over the east. By the end of October, the western half was placed in Extreme(D3) drought and the east in Exceptional(D4) drought.
The zone started out the month with the west in Severe(D2) drought and the east in Severe(D3) drought. By the end of the month, the west was in Extreme(D3) drought and the east in Exceptional(D4) drought.
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