UNR 20210319 <![CDATA[ NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD 1050 AM MDT THU MAR 18 2021 ...RECENT SNOWFALL HELPS TO IMPROVE DROUGHT CONDITIONS... .SYNOPSIS: .Drought Intensity and Extent: According to the March 18 release of the U.S. Drought Monitor, Severe (D2) Drought covered almost all of Northeast Wyoming and Northwestern South Dakota, including most of Campbell, Crook, Weston, Harding, Perkins, Butte, Lawrence, Meade, Ziebach, northern and northern Haakon Counties. Areas of southwestern South Dakota improved to D1 or Moderate Drought, including southern Pennington, Custer, Fall River, Oglala Lakota, western Jackson and southern Haakon Counties. Conditions across south central South Dakota improved to D0 or abnormally dry including Bennett, Mellette, Todd, and Tripp Counties. .Precipitation: Precipitation so far this water year, since October 1, 2020, has been below average...]]> <![CDATA[READ MORE ABOUT THIS NWS DROUGHT STATEMENT AT: https://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?site=HUN&issuedby=UNR&product=DGT]]>