Houston, Tx
Despite heavy rain Monday, drought persists
The rain and storms on Monday did little to assist the worsening drought throughout Southeast Texas.
Regardless of the heavy rain that fell throughout a lot of the world on Monday, drought circumstances stay break up throughout the world.
Places that wanted essentially the most rain (i.e. Matagorda, Brazoria, Galveston, Fort Bend and Wharton counties) noticed the least as the road of downpours and thunderstorms sped up and weakened as they pushed south.
Whereas remoted spots in these counties noticed pockets of heavy rain that totaled 1-2 inches, the general space south of I-10 noticed totals round or simply underneath an inch.
Consequently, Extreme drought circumstances stay and even unfold a bit north and west, now encompassing practically all of Wharton and Matagorda counties.
On the flip facet, areas north of I-10 noticed widespread totals over 2 inches, with some spots even receiving as a lot as 5 to six inches. Consequently, low finish drought and dry circumstances have been fully erased from Walker and most of San Jacinto and Montgomery counties.
State broad additionally noticed little aid from increased finish drought circumstances. Whereas North Texas noticed sufficient rain to create flash flooding circumstances close to Dallas, a lot of Central and West Texas stay underneath excessive to distinctive drought.
With the intention to see any vital modifications to drought circumstances throughout Texas, a number of days price of soaking rain would wish to fall throughout the worst affected areas. Sadly, the Local weather Prediction Heart is forecasting drought circumstances to persist via the tip of July for a lot of the state as beneath regular rainfall is anticipated.