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I really appreciate your information. It reveals my expectations....................... There is a slow "catch up " time and even then a reluctance to downgrade drought..

I have lost a lot of faith in the veracity of the U.S. Drought Monitor. When it updated Thursday morning at 8:30, it kept Augusta County in Extreme Drought. No way! 3 - 5 inches of rain in 8 days. 4.88" at my gauge. Water table rising and only a few ft. below normal. It would be a miscommunication to even say that we are abnormally dry at this time. Maybe in a few weeks if no more rain, but not now.

45.8 at 6:30

4.88" last 8 days. 6.11" total for May.

3.90" total at 2:30. Hope for 5.00" by Wednesday 8 pm.

2.71" wonderful total! Hopefully another 2 inches thru Monday.

1.95" last 36 hrs.. Harrisonburg received 3.05" last 24 hrs. This is NOT a Drought buster but it is absolutely wonderful. 200% of normal for 2 to 3 months would break the drought.

That will be a blessing................

1.23" last 24. Expecting 1 - 2 inches additional later this afternoon and tonight.

I'm more impressed with the NAM 12

The WPC with the afternoon 7 day bought the paltry GFS 1.23" and tossed the 2.47" ECM and AI. Hopefully, they are wrong.

With the 1:54 7 day Update, the WPC is buying into the 7 day prog. from the GFS and tossing the ECMWF and AI.

Lingering La Nina

Hilarious how we have been dealing with this for years and some are tone deaf as if it is a short term anomaly. During the past 5 years, I have received an annual average of 37.30" compared to a 45 year average of 41.80........................ 4.5 inches average below normal during the past 5 years...........

34 at 6:30. Frost and 30 at Headwaters.