PSR 20210319 <![CDATA[ National Weather Service Phoenix AZ 445 AM MST Sat Feb 20 2021 ...Drought Improvement Stalls as a Dry Weather Pattern Returns... Synopsis... After a series of winter storms finally brought some minor drought relief to the region in January, a dry weather pattern has settled back into the region this February. Despite the recent lull in precipitation, snow cover through higher terrain locations of Arizona remains modest ranging from 40-80% of normal. Lower elevation rainfall totals in January were quite beneficial with parts of SW Arizona actually receiving around one third of their average annual rainfall in just a couple days. However most of the region received far lower totals, and overall benefits were rather muted. The rarest category of Exceptional Drought had retreated somewhat with the January weather systems and encompass the eastern half of Pinal County, southern part of Gila County, and a small piece of far southeast Maricopa County...]]> <![CDATA[READ MORE ABOUT THIS NWS DROUGHT STATEMENT AT: https://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?site=HUN&issuedby=PSR&product=DGT]]>