CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (CVILLE RIGHT NOW) – Nearly 2 1/2 inches of rain fell in the Albemarle County and Charlottesville area between Friday and Wednesday morning, according to Accuweather senior meteorologist Tyler Roys, as the U.S. Drought Monitor cast an “extreme drought” description over a larger portion of the region.
The drought monitor now shows the entirety of Albemarle County in “extreme drought” after being just the southern tip the couple of weeks before.
“You think that (2 1/2 inches of rain) should be good, and it is, but it’s a short-term relief,” Roys told Cville Right Now. “The drought has kind of been building for several months.”…