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Had 2.07" this month but 1.5" of that has fallen since 4/27. Only 51% of our normal rainfall for the month.

Georgia has had pretty good rain the past couple days. I think we've had 1.75" since Tuesday at my place and we're supposed to get another 1" over the weekend. I expect there to be some improvement on next week's monitor, although it will take several weeks or even months of normal to above-average rain to get us back to where we're supposed to be. ETA- Areas down in South GA are supposed to get close to 2" this weekend, and they sure could use it. Hopefully, it will help knock down those fires and get them out of exceptional drought status.

My theory for this is that it's hard for 1" of rain to be enough to drop a county a whole category when much of the state has been in some form of drought for 3+ months... FFC mentioned in their discussion today that even the 1-2" in store for central GA Saturday will not "put much of a dent in the drought." I think we will need at least multiple days/weeks of good sustained rainfall to improve by enough to drop a category. This image posted on FFC's Twitter I think does a nice job explaining... we would need over 10" in a month to get back to near-normal. Regardless, I do expect some improvement in next week's update.

Extreme Drought % (SE Region): VA - 8.07% AL - 47.93% NC - 54.87% FL - 78.51% SC - 79.03% GA - 80.72% Extreme drought grew significantly in North Carolina and South Carolina. Georgia continues to have some of the worst drought in the region, with fires growing in the southern counties. While we have received a few days of overnight rainfall now, it will be difficult for 1-2 inches of rain to overcome 3 months of drought. My area in Atlanta has received 1.75" of rain in the last 3 days, with hopefully more coming Friday overnight into Saturday. I do expect some improvement in next week's map.

Got 0.12" in ATL metro Saturday. FFC mentions multiple rounds of rain coming this week but also said models may be underrepresenting dry conditions and most won't see much more than an inch.

Extreme Drought % (SE Region): VA - 1.86% NC - 38.11% SC - 39.63% AL - 46.29% GA - 71.04% FL - 76.65% Wildfires growing in South Georgia; 30,000 acres burned in Clinch and Echols counties near the GA/FL state line, another one with 5,000 acres burned in Brantley County west of Brunswick. Smoke and haze being reported as far north as the Atlanta metro area. The governor's office has declared a state of emergency and issued a burn ban for counties in south and central GA.

Been unbelievably dry in Georgia. We got 0.15" on Easter and that's been it since that cold front in mid-March. I coach baseball and softball and the kids are all complaining that the clay's dried up so much it feels like they're sliding on concrete. On the bright side, we haven't had a single rainout yet (knocking on wood). FFC says this is our greatest drought (D2-D4) coverage since 2007. 2/3 of the state in at least extreme drought.

Come south about 400 miles, sun’s been out in my part of ATL since 10:00 this morning

Yeah, y’all definitely hit the jackpot over there. I’ve seen Buford’s gotten a ton too. I think we’ve had more sun than accumulation, haven’t even had what could be considered a dusting yet. Just the way these things go sometimes I guess

Been stuck under the Atlanta dry slot all day. Watching snow accumulate to the west east north and south. Brutal.

It’s been brutal. It’s sunny at my house here now. Hoping it’ll pick up some this afternoon, a shame to waste the coldest air in 3 years on nothing.

I wish, lol. I’m inside the perimeter right next to I-75 and sun is out. We had a burst of flurries/light snow for about 30 mins around 9:15-9:45 but nothing really since. No accumulation yet

25/13 with bright sunshine in metro ATL