The greater Houston area has picked up between two to five inches of rain since Oct.1, and after a summer of drought and extreme heat, this rainfall has helped relieve lingering drought conditions.
Between last week's cold front and remnants of Pacific tropical systems this week, southeast Texas has received some much needed rainfall over the past two weeks.
And with southeast Texas finally entering more of a fall-like weather pattern, ABC13 Meteorologist Elyse Smith spoke to state climatologist and professor with Texas A&M University Dr. John Nielsen-Gammon to learn what it will take to finally see these lingering drought conditions alleviated. And as it turns out, there will likely be substantial improvements in the Drought Monitor over the next two weeks.
"Plants had a chance to tap into additional water, things have greened up and so forth, nothing is losing its leaves anymore." He adds that generally improvements only move by one category at a time, so that's why it might take more than one week to see the total improvement that has occurred in recent weeks.
Even the very warm ocean temperatures in the Gulf of Mexico played a role by keeping overnight lows above normal too.
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