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<\/a><\/p>\nMoisture from the Gulf will stream northward early next week and interact with a cold front. Here’s Monday…<\/p>\n
And Tuesday…<\/p>\n That will be followed by another front later in the week, possibly setting up an even cooler brand of air for Labor Day Weekend.<\/p>\n This current\u00a0and future rains are\u00a0welcome news because things have been pretty dry for much of August, but rain totals are still much above average for the year.\u00a0 Some folks are throwing the word drought around, but that simply comes from the terrible Drought Index which basically shows everything as a “drought”. I’ve called that index out for a long time now because of that.<\/p>\n The standard bearer for Drought Status has always been the Palmer Drought Index. This is still my go to and is what everyone remembers from true drought years over the past few decades. Here’s the current Palmer Drought Index…<\/p>\n Notice how much of the country shows up in the “moist” category. If you look at the legend it shows for drought, it has three categories… Moderate. Severe and Extreme. Those are the categories everyone remembers all us TV people talking about in REAL drought years.<\/p>\n Unfortunately, NOAA came up with something new called the Drought Monitor. It’s an index that lowered the standards so much that any dry period will show up as a drought. But pay attention to the legend…<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n