Atlanta Weather | Rain Little Help For The Drought |
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Recent rains have been slowly improving the severe to exceptional drought across our area. Rainfall amounts of 3 to 6 inches occurred during the past 14 days.
Here the latest numbers from the Drought Monitor:
LOCATION TOTAL RAINFALL NORMAL DEPARTURE PERCENT
LAST 365 DAYS VALUE FROM NORMAL OF NORMAL
ATLANTA 36.95 49.75 -12.80 74%
CURRENT LAKE LEVELS AT THE USACE PROJECTS WERE MAINLY FROM 2 TO 12
FEET BELOW WINTER POOL LEVELS. THE EXCEPTION WAS LAKES ALLATOONA AND
CARTERS WHICH WERE NEARLY 4 FEET ABOVE THE WINTER POOL LEVEL. ALL OF
THE LAKE LEVELS ARE PROJECTED TO SLOWLY RISE OR REMAIN NEARLY STEADY
DURING THE NEXT FOUR WEEKS.
LAKE WINTER POOL CURRENT LEVEL DEPARTURE
IN FEET
ALLATOONA 823 826.79 +3.79
CARTERS 1072 1075.68 +3.68
HARTWELL 656 645.89 -10.11
LANIER 1070 1057.50 -12.50
THURMOND 326 314.52 -11.48
WEST POINT 628 626.04 -1.96
AVERAGE STREAM LEVELS FOR THE PAST 7 DAYS RANGED FROM AS LOW AS 1
PERCENT ON LOWER PORTIONS OF THE FLINT...OCMULGEE AND OCONEE RIVERS
IN CENTRAL GEORGIA...TO AS HIGH AS 78 PERCENT ON THE CONASAUGA RIVER
IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA AND THE BIG CREEK NORTH OF ATLANTA DUE TO
RECENT RAINFALL OR LACK THEREOF.
PLEASE NOTE THAT CREEKS AND SMALLER RIVERS CAN CHANGE QUICKLY DUE TO
RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN IF IT OCCURS.
THE OUTLOOK FOR JANUARY...
EQUAL CHANCES OF ABOVE OR BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES EXPECTED.
NO TREND INDICATED.
NORTH GEORGIA...ABOVE NORMAL PRECIPITATION EXPECTED.
THIS IS DUE TO AN ACTIVE STORM TRACK THROUGH THE TENNESSEE VALLEY.
CENTRAL GEORGIA...EQUAL CHANCES OF ABOVE OR BELOW NORMAL
PRECIPITATION. NO TREND INDICATED.
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