The western third of the state has seen less than one-third of their normal rainfall over the same period. A burning ban remains in effect for all of Oklahoma as fire danger remains very high to extreme. Good rains earlier in the week in southwestern Nebraska, northeastern Colorado and northwestern Kansas were welcomed and will go along way toward helping with hard red winter wheat planting in the region. Much colder temperatures invaded the area, serving as a stark contrast to the hot dry weather of the past few weeks. The situation remains serious in eastern New Mexico as they hope that the demise of La Ni a will bring a much better snowfall season this year.
Streamflow levels remain low compared to normal in the central and east central parts of the state.
No precipitation is expected in the Southwest and below normal precipitation is expected from Oklahoma up into the Ohio Valley. Above-normal precipitation is called for along the coastal areas of the Gulf Coast states from southeastern Texas to Florida, and up into South Carolina.