/ Parts of the Midwest and the High Plains are still in drought, with north-central North Dakota and western Colorado seeing the worst of it. Scientists say the May rains weren t enough to bail the regions out.
Even with recent rains across the region, scientists say expanses across the Midwest and High Plains remain in a long-haul drought.
The U.S. Drought Monitor says conditions in parts of the Midwest range from abnormally dry to severe drought. The High Plains fare worse, with pockets of exceptional drought.
Recent rains can’t make up for soils that have been parched so thoroughly and for so long, said Adam Hartman, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service’s Climate Prediction Center and one of the authors of the May 27 drought monitor map.
One named tropical system down, potentially 19 more to go? According to AccuWeather's forecast for the upcoming 2021 Atlantic hurricane season, that could certainly be the case. As AccuWeather's team of tropical weather experts, led by veteran meteorologist Dan Kottlowski, predicted in late March, the Atlantic once again popped to life ahead of schedule with the formation of Ana, the first named system of 2021. It's the seventh straight year.
SALT LAKE CITY A storm that passed through the Wasatch Front over the weekend provided Utah with some much-needed rain but barely made a dent in Utah s ongoing drought situation.
As the calendar moves into the summer, the National Weather Service s Climate Prediction Center calls for a higher probability of above-average temperatures and, at least for northern Utah, drier than average conditions throughout the meteorological summer that begins next week. It was already a long shot for the summer to end Utah s drought, but the long-range forecast essentially says that Utahns should prepare for drought conditions to continue for at least the next few months.