Southern Plains Drought Update (KS, OK, TX) Despite Short-Term Improvement, Drought Likely to Persist This Summer Get the full update: drought.gov/drought-status… NOAA Texas Climate Office Oklahoma Mesonet Kansas Water Office Joel Lisonbee CIRES

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5 years 10 months and 11 days ago. July 25, 2019. Was the last time OK was #drought free according to the US Drought Monitor (D0 is not considered drought). That streak has just ended. We'll see how their basketball team does🏀.

June Drought Outlook from NOAA’s NWS Climate Prediction Center: Big improvements are expected for the East + parts of the Plains In the West, drought is forecast to expand in central CA/NV, the Northwest, & MT Otherwise, drought persists. drought.gov/forecasts National Weather Service

To all my Climate Scientist friends. Please know that you are appreciated.

#DroughtMonitor 6/17: Another wet week for the Lower 48 led to improvements in most regions, including the East, Midwest & Plains. Mixed for the SW. Like last week, NW was the only region w/ all degradations. #Drought2025’s Footprint: 25.2% of USA drought.gov NOAA

As it turns out, assessing drought in a changing climate is tricky. It is important to understand why. kbia.org/kbia-news/2025…

From Dust to Deluge: Weather Whiplash Devastates Texas Weather whiplash is the abrupt change from one extreme to another: dramatic temp swings, heavy snow to rapid melt, and as is common in TX, prolonged drought followed by flooding. drought.gov/news/dust-delu… NOAA @climatetexas

Southern Plains Drought Update Floods in Central Texas; Dry Pattern Emerging in East-Central Kansas, Western Oklahoma, and Gulf Coast A heat wave is expected to develop in eastern parts of the region. Full update: drought.gov/drought-status… NOAA Texas Climate Office Oklahoma Mesonet Kansas Mesonet

A week of #drought holding steady or improving for the Southern Plains DEWS...except for right here. C'mon, #NessCountyKansas, try to keep up.

The Holdout. Medina County Texas. The last spot with Exceptional (D4) drought in the Southern Plains.

Around 40 miles separate the flood devastated area of Kerr County from the long-term exceptional drought centered in Medina County. research.noaa.gov/decoding-the-w…

Most of the U.S. leans wet next week. Below-normal precip chances are favored for part of the Northwest. Temps: Warmer than normal for the Far West and parts of Gulf Coast, FL, and Northeast. Rest of the Lower 48 stays relatively cool. drought.gov/forecasts NOAA National Weather Service NWS Climate Prediction Center

327 weeks: There has been drought somewhere in Texas since 28 May 2019. Not always in the same spot or the same severity, and it almost disappeared in mid-2021 before a rapid return.

Senora, Mexico, and the SW US have been in a very bad #drought for a very long time. Watching closely what impact #HurricaneLorena will have on short-term and long-term drought.

Potential #FlashDrought for central-eastern Texas in early October. cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/predi…

For the Southern Plains states (TX, OK, KS) drought cost an accumulated $21B from 2020-2024 with almost $12B of that at the drought peak in 2022.

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This week's precip forecast by NOAA's NWS Weather Prediction Center Heaviest precip is expected over parts of the Northwest and eastern TX/OK across the South to the Midwest and Southeast. Drier for CA/NV, large parts of the Rockies, much of the Plains, and FL. drought.gov/forecasts National Weather Service

Watching hydrologic #drought intensify in southern Texas. NIDIS Drought.gov earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/154868/…