WIDELY SCATTERS RAINS OVER THE PAST WEEK MEANS DROUGHTCONDITIONS LESSENED IN SOME PARTS OF THE COMMONWEALTH AND DEEPENED IN
OTHERS….ACCORDINGTO THE WEEKLY U-S DROUGHT MONITOR REPORT….
NEARLY 22-PERCENT OF THE STATE HAS NO DROUGHT CONDITIONS…..WHICH IS A 50-PERCENT INCREASE FROM THE PREVIOUS WEEK….
ABNORMALLY DRY CONDITIONS REPORTED IN JUST OVER NINE-PERCENT OF KENTUCKY…. COMPARED TO FIVE-PERCENT IN THE PREVIOUS REPORT….
MODERATE DROUGHT INCREASED TO 45-POINT 43 PERCENT….WHICH WASA SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE FROM LAST WEEK’S 19-PERCENT……BUT ALSO GOOD
NEWS….AS SEVERE DROUGHT DROPPED FROM 55-POINT-85 PERCENT TO THE CURRENT 18-POINT 73 PERCENT…..
EXTREME DROUGHT ALSO DECREASED FROM FIVE-POINT-49 PERCENT TO FOUR-POINT-88PERCENT…..
AND NO PART OF THE COMMONWEALTH IS IN EXCEPTIONAL DROUGHT…..