HOUSTON
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."
An updated U.S. Drought Monitor was expected to be released
Thursday.
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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