SunnJax 🌻🏳️‍🌈 :Fire_Pride: on Nostr: The drought categories are related to precipitation percentiles. The D4 (worst, and ...

The drought categories are related to precipitation percentiles. The D4 (worst, and most rare) category is in the 0 to 2 percentile range, expected to only happen once or twice within 100 years. It’s a combination of a persistent lack of precipitation and the associated impacts (soil moisture, stream flow, reservoir/groundwater levels, vegetative stress, etc.). And what worries me is that we are heading into the driest part of the year (September-December), so chances of significant improvement in the short term are not favorable. It will take a lot to get out of this. I’m not a big fan of winter, but this season I will be hoping for good amounts of snow. Otherwise, next spring we’re in for serious hurt and tough water restrictions… ☹️