Wednesday, February 21, 2018

Slow-Moving Drought Returning to California, Expanding in Midwest

We've mentioned a preference for the Palmer Drought Index presentation of conditions for some applications, despite a somewhat justified concern the methodology behind it is 'simplistic' when compared with the University of Nebraska U.S. Drought Monitor.
Here they are side by side:


And the progression of the PDI over the last year at NOAA.

For money-making purposes the area to watch will be the Iowa-Illinois-Missouri portion of the corn belt.

https://www.drought.gov/drought/sites/drought.gov.drought/files/styles/grid_thumbail/public/corn.png?itok=_4GNJ94h&hash=34527781
More to come.