The most widespread drought in nine years is forecast to expand, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) seasonal outlook.Fox Weather reported Friday that the agency expects the season to be driver-than-average from southern California and the Southwest into the central and southern Plains, as well as along the Gulf Coast to the Southeast.
The only areas predicted to have a wetter-than-average spring are portions of the Midwest, northern Rockies and the Pacific Northwest.
Areas of Texas that are not yet in drought are expected to develop a drought throughout the spring, with further drought development anticipated in the Florida Peninsula and Big Bend, southern and southeastern Georgia, parts of the Carolinas, New Jersey, eastern Pennsylvania and New York’s Hudson Valley.
The U.S. Drought Monitor shows 57% of the continental U.S. is Moderate, Severe or Extreme Drought. Another 16% is considered “Abnormally Dry.”
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