Parts of Vermont are now in drought, and drought is expanding - and worsening - in northern New England,.
Roughly a third of Vermont is in moderate drought, most in the Connecticut River Valley and central Vermont.
The entire rest of the state is "abnormally dry" so none of us are in good shape. A week earlier, the northern Champlain Valley was technically not "abnormally dry" but it really kinda was.
This really is a flash drought, which is one that comes on in a matter of weeks, rather than the months it often takes for such a dry spell to develop.
During the week of July 29, no place in Vermont was regarded as abnormally dry. Then, a week later, 72 percent of Vermont was abnormally dry. That went up to 87 percent last week. Now, this week all of the state is abnormally dry with that third of the state in drought.
Drought continue to deepen in nearby states. Fully 85 percent of New Hampshire is in drought, up from just 12 percent last week.
The drought is deepening in Maine, too. About 41 percent of the state is in at least moderate drought. This week, the U.S. Drought Monitor upgraded the dryness along much of the seacoast to "severe drought."
The weather outlook isn't great. It's going to stay dry for the next three days. Some fairly decent rains might come through New England Sunday and Monday, but it won't be nearly enough to end the drought. It might barely dent it.
Beyond Monday the overall weather pattern heading into September favors mostly dry weather. This drought came on ridiculously fast, but it's not going to go away anytime soon.
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