The Drought Monitoring Task Force says most of Virginia is still in a drought, which is fine, but they’re telling us that we’re in one here in Waynesboro, and we’re just not.
Sorry, I’m not trying to tell the scientists how to do their jobs.
But, we’re not.
And officially, the Task Force did move on Friday to de-escalate the standing drought warning to a drought watch advisory in 16 counties and seven cities in the Northern Piedmont, Northern Virginia and Shenandoah drought evaluation regions.
The drought warning advisory was de-escalated to a drought watch advisory for:
- Northern Piedmont: Culpeper, Greene, Louisa, Madison, Orange, Rappahannock, Spotsylvania, and Stafford counties and the City of Fredericksburg
- Northern Virginia: Arlington, Fairfax, Fauquier, Loudoun, and Prince William counties and the cities of Alexandria, Fairfax, Falls Church, Manassas, and Manassas Park
- Shenandoah: Clarke, Frederick, and Shenandoah counties and the City of Winchester
According to a release from the Task Force:
Sustained rain has prevented drought conditions from worsening; however, drought continues in many parts of Virginia, especially in the Roanoke River drought evaluation region which has received less rainfall than other areas of the Commonwealth.
OK.
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Chris Graham
