CTP talks about drought in tonight’s discussion (along with HI near 100 a few days):
“Overall, very little rainfall is fcst through the weekend which /given the hot & dry days/ could lead to a further rate of change acceleration of D0 drought conditions over the CWA on a week over week basis. Last week, there was a ~30% increase in D0 conditions mainly over the northern third of the CWA. Heat peaks Sat into Sun with Heat Index values approaching 100F over the SE each afternoon before temps fall back closer to normal by Tuesday.“