Roanoke Valley still in moderate droughtPosted May01, 2008 at 03:16 PMThe Drought Monitor map didn't change as much as I expected it to after widespread early-week rain. The major change, looking at all of Virginia, is that the areas of severe drough to the east have disappeared. But most of our region south and east of Interstate 81, including Roanoke and Salem, are still considered to be under "moderate drought," with areas to the west and north of I-81 generally considered "abnormally dry." It takes a lot to dig out of the deep hole we've been in. Some rain could fall Saturday with a new front moving in, but it doesn't look like a whole lot will fall over the next 5 days as it stands now. |
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Kevin Myatt works on the copy desk for The Roanoke Times and is its principal weather geek, writing a weekly weather column and advising the newsroom on weather topics. He helps guide students on a storm chasing trip to the central U.S. each May and was an editor for "Hurricanes and the Middle Atlantic States." .....Advertisement.....
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