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By my standards, we already have a flash drought. By the time the indices and charts we see show it, it's been there for a little while.
The top of this thread covers it pretty well, so I copied it below:
https://www.marketforum.com/forum/topic/83844/
The NWS has been a couple weeks slow in their forecast on this:
https://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/expert_assessment/month_drought.png
Soilmoisture anomaly:
These maps sometimes take a day to catch up to incorporate the latest data(the bottom map is only updated once a week).
https://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/Soilmst_Monitoring/US/Soilmst/Soilmst.shtml#
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NEW LINK:
https://www.drought.gov/current-conditions
August 20, 2025 - August 26, 2025
https://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/
FLASH DROUGHT!!
The outlook is not great but we have chances for rain the next several days.
https://www.marketforum.com/forum/topic/83844/#83848
1. Weather map now.
2. In 24 hours and
3. In 48 hours.
https://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/#
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Surface Weather maps for days 3-7 below:
https://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/medr/medr.shtml
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The latest 7 day precip forecasts are below.
Day 1 below:
http://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/qpf/fill_94qwbg.gif?1526306199054
Day 2 below:
http://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/qpf/fill_98qwbg.gif?1528293750112
Day 3 below:
http://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/qpf/fill_99qwbg.gif?1528293842764
Days 4-5 below:
http://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/qpf/95ep48iwbg_fill.gif?1526306162
Days 6-7 below:
http://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/qpf/97ep48iwbg_fill.gif?1526306162
7 Day Total precipitation below:
http://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.govcdx /qpf/p168i.gif?1530796126
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Severe Storm Risk......updated daily(days 1 and 2 twice daily).
https://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/outlook/
Current Day 1 Outlook![]() | |
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Current Day 4-8 Outlook![]() |