The latest update from the NWS Climate Prediction Center continues to show a little more improvement in drought conditions across the area. There are no longer any portions of our 14 county viewing area listed in “Extreme” or “Exceptional” drought conditions. There remains a portion of southern Tennessee and north Alabama in our viewing area roughly between US Highway 43 and Interstate 65 still in “Severe” drought conditions, but even that is gradually shrinking based on the latest update.
Most of the viewing area has pretty much had between 3 and 5 inches…..