By KRWG News
Texas – Experts are watching to see if Texas is heading for another drought.
State climatologist John Nielsen-Gammon told the Houston Chronicle that continuing dry weather is likely to persist at least into the spring. Nielsen-Gammon, who's also a professor of atmospheric sciences at Texas A&M University, says "it's probably going to get worse before it gets better."
The U.S. Drought Monitor on Thursday indicated 85 percent of Texas is abnormally dry, compared to about 29 percent a year ago.
Tropical Storm Hermine drenched Central Texas in September. Since then large swaths of Texas have received less than 10 percent of normal rainfall levels.
The six-month hurricane season ended Nov. 30.
Dry conditions have led at least 80 Texas counties to enact burn bans.
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Online:
http://drought.unl.edu/dm/monitor.html
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Information from: Houston Chronicle, http://www.houstonchronicle.com
Copyright 2010 The Associated Press.