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MD drought a little worse

Maybe this little drizzle will help, but the drought in Maryland grew a little worse over the past week. The federal government's latest Drought Monitor map is out, and it shows that 88 percent of Maryland remains abnormally dry, or worse.

The percentage of the state that remains in moderate hydrological (water supply) drought grew from 35 percent to 42 percent. The segment with normal conditions shrank from 15 percent to 11 percent.

Streamflow across central Maryland remains at or near record-low levels. And the USGS monitoring wells continue to decline. Here's a graph showing the decline in a well in Baltimore County, which resumed quickly after last month's rainfall. 

 

 

Posted by Frank Roylance on November 9, 2007 5:42 PM |
                    

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Looking at the other well sites and stream-flow data, I get the impression that the drought may have mitigated a bit overall, though. Far-western Maryland looks still to be hard hit (more so than earlier?).

Posted by: Hugh Silcox | November 12, 2007 11:04 AM

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