Dave_Osterberg's Blog

On March 20th, NOAA released their spring outlook on the drought situation in the US. For some in the southeast it was good news, for others, including most of us, not so good. It shows for the Tampa Bay area south, the drought will persist or it will get worse. From Tampa East and Northeast, drought development is likely. Please see chart.

LINK: NOAA's spring drought predictions

I know what you are thinking it seems like its been a wet year so far. Indeed it has, but you have to remember we went 12-18 months of below normal precipitation, so 2-3 three months isn't going to make up for that. I am in the business of wanting my predictions to be right 100% of the time, but this is one prediction I hope is wrong.