As a result, many areas from the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex and eastward along the Red River saw improvements to ongoing drought and dryness. Improvements also occurred in south Texas. In parts of southwest Texas that did not see rain, some worsening of drought conditions occurred, due to increasing precipitation deficits and lessening soil moisture. Conditions also worsened in parts of northern Louisiana and southern Arkansas where short-term precipitation deficits increased.
Most of the region saw cooler than normal temperatures this week, with widespread readings between 6 and 10 degrees below normal in east Texas, Louisiana, and Arkansas. The western reaches of the South region saw near- or above-normal temperatures. Few changes were made to the Drought Monitor this week in the Midwest, which saw mainly dry weather.
Temperature anomalies were split across the region; in the northwest portion of the Midwest, temperatures made it to 4 to 8 degrees above normal.
In the southeast half of the region, temperatures dipped to 4 to 8 degrees below normal. Primarily dry weather occurred in the High Plains region this week. In western South Dakota, precipitation amounts up to an inch fell, and more minor precipitation amounts occurred in south-central Kansas.
A couple minor improvements to conditions occurred in western Kansas. Well above normal temperatures returned this week in the Dakotas, where temperatures from 6 to 10 degrees above normal occurred.
In the Dakotas, where long-term drought is still ongoing, livestock water quality and fawn production were both reported to be suffering as a result of the drought. Along the Pacific Coast, near or slightly below normal temperatures combined with heavy precipitation which exceeded 5 inches in some areas to improve drought conditions in parts of northern California, southwest Oregon, and Washington.
In central Utah, groundwater conditions and long-term precipitation deficits had improved enough for some of the exceptional drought to improve to extreme drought. In Montana, much of the eastern part of the state remained dry, leading to some expansion in exceptional drought, where multiple short- and long-term datasets indicate worsening conditions.
In western Montana, a small part of exceptional drought improved to extreme drought where short- and long-term precipitation deficits had improved. In small parts of western Colorado and south-central Wyoming, streamflow and precipitation deficits had decreased enough to lead to improving drought conditions. Farther east in Colorado, recent warm temperatures combined with dry weather to lead to worsening drought conditions in a few areas.
Finally, moderate drought expanded in eastern New Mexico, where short-term dry weather combined with depleted soil moisture to lead to worsening conditions. In Oregon and California, long-term drought conditions have adversely affected salmon populations and migratory birds. Due to widespread recent precipitation, much of the West region is now experiencing long-term drought, rather than both short- and long-term drought.
Widespread rainfall occurred this week in western and eastern sections of Puerto Rico. The drought conditions remained unchanged from last week. There is no change in the drought severity from last week, although in St. Croix moderate drought is noted in the short-term as well as the long-term. Short-term abnormal dryness D0S persists on St. Thomas, and St. John continues with no dryness designation. For the first 9 days of November, the three monitored sites reported 0. Croix , 0.
John , and 0. Thomas , which was only about half of normal, but enough to keep conditions from deteriorating enough to prompt changes in drought severity designations.
But any increase in moisture deficits will necessitate deterioration, especially on St. Croix and St. John recorded 9. Croix 4. Thomas 2. Between 7 and 9 months of the first 10 in were drier than normal across the region, with 2 to 3 of those bringing less than half of normal rainfall. Through early November, St. Thomas ranges from 8 to 11 inches below normal for the year, including less than half of normal since late August.
Meanwhile, only Croix for the first ten months of , where Warmer than normal weather was common this week in central Alaska, while western Alaska and the Alaska Panhandle saw near or cooler than normal temperatures. Weather in interior Alaska was somewhat dry this week, while precipitation, some heavy, was widespread along the southern coastal areas. Alaska remains free of drought this week. Drier weather continued this week in Hawaii. Active 5 years ago.
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Also, there is no difference in meaning betweem "and I don't expect it to stop soon" and "and will likely continue to do so in the future". Dant Reinstate Monica. Add a comment. Active Oldest Votes. In present perfect continuous A1: "It has been raining for two hours" A1 emphasises the continuity of the event raining In the second example A2: "It has rained for two hours The continuity of the event is not important.
Improve this answer. Context Context is always important in understanding which tense to choose. In the explanation cited by the OP, an important element was missing, the question that preceded the two responses: Q : "How long has it been raining?
What is Similar? Present Perfect Continuous for Uncompleted Actions or Events We use this tense to express the idea of an action in progress and when we want to mention the length of its duration. For example: We've been driving for hours I've been writing this essay since this morning How long has it been raining?
Either tense can be used to describe facts or general truths The [name of army] have fought since The [name of army] have been fighting since How long have they been at war? How long has the war been going? Sometimes when the duration is relatively long-term, speakers will prefer the PP tense over the PPC Present Perfect: I ' ve worked here most of my life i. It has been rwining for two hours. He became ill a few days ago. He has 5. Sarah is married. She's been married for two years.
She got 6. You've got a camera. You bought it ten years ago. I've 7. Sue has been in France for the last three weeks. She went 8. You're working in a hotel. You started in June. I've Tom's father has been doing the same job 20 years. Have you been learning English a long time? Sarah has lived in London Please hurry up! We've been waiting an hour.
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