The past two months have been very dry across West Texas and the Big Country. La Nina conditions continue to dictate our weather, bringing above normal temperatures and below normal precipitation. The rains we received on December 24 helped things temporarily, but the outlook through March is not very optimistic based upon the latest U.S. Drought Monitor released recently.
According to this National Weather Service study, four major items of concern for our area are forecast through March:
1. Above normal wildfire conditions, including possibly a few significant fires
2. Drought conditions to intensify, especially south of Interstate 20
3. Continued supplemental feeding of livestock
4. Surface water supplies continued to be depleted from evaporation, municipal and agricultural consumption.
Most Big Country counties have Burn Bans in place, and we must all be very careful of wildfire potential for the next few months.
In the meantime, we're all waiting for that next big rain that hopefully, will come sooner than anticipated.
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