Drought situation in Texas becoming dire

HOUSTON – The drought state of affairs throughout Texas has turn out to be much more dire. The brand new U.S. Drought Monitor maps launched Thursday morning present a worsening state of affairs for a lot of the state with 62% of Texas now categorized as being in excessive or distinctive drought (the 2 highest ranges). 

Precisely one yr in the past, none of Texas was underneath an excessive drought. To this point, the impacts embody a minimum of a dozen uncontained brush fires, largely in central Texas, low lake water ranges, and injury to agriculture. Domestically, widespread farmers are going through a possible lack of this yr’s crop.

Drought leaves crops struggling for Houston space farmers

So, is there any assistance on the way in which? The reply is sure, however not sufficient to reverse the drought. A short change in our dominating high-pressure sample ought to permit for some soaking showers on Friday and presumably Saturday within the Houston space, however probabilities nonetheless look slim for the toughest hit areas west of Austin. 

The Local weather Prediction Middle outlook for the month of August exhibits a barely higher than even likelihood for below-normal rainfall, however for our space, the following 7 days seem to carry a day by day scattering of rain.

Lastly, along with an especially dry yr, the summer season warmth is breaking data. Houston and Galveston simply registered the warmest July on file and in San Antonio, Thursday will mark the 54th 100-degree day of the yr to this point and their all-time file is 59 100-degree days in a yr.