Central Illinois Drought Update Weather Forecast Office Thursday, December 17, 2020 Lincoln, Illinois Severe Drought Continues Between Springfield and Decatur

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Summary: The rain that occurred over the weekend of December 12-13 was not enough to make a significant dent, as Galesburg long term rainfall deficits exist. Peoria Bloomington Havana Danville Champaign Springfield Decatur Changes Since Last Week: • Minor adjustments to D0 (abnormally Mattoon dry) area made south of Champaign Effingham and Danville

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NWSLincoln https://www.weather.gov/lincoln 217-732-3089 Central Illinois Drought Update Weather Forecast Office Recent Precipitation Amounts Lincoln, Illinois

Central and southeast Illinois: Central and southeast Illinois: 0.5 to 1”, with the heavier amounts generally just east Heaviest rain has been near and south of I-70. of I-55 (Bloomington/Decatur areas) Amounts of 1.5 to 3” more common in central Illinois NWSLincoln https://www.weather.gov/lincoln 217-732-3089 Central Illinois Drought Update Weather Forecast Office 7-Day Precipitation Forecast Lincoln, Illinois

Summary:

• Precipitation on this map expected to fall on Saturday, December 19th

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NWSLincoln https://www.weather.gov/lincoln 217-732-3089 Central Illinois Drought Update Weather Forecast Office Acknowledgements Lincoln, Illinois

The U.S. Drought Monitor is a multi-agency effort involving NOAA’s National Weather Service and National Centers for Environmental Information, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), state and regional climatologists, and the National Drought Mitigation Center. Information for this statement was gathered from NWS and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) observation sites, state cooperative extension services, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

Additional information on current drought conditions may be found at the following web addresses: • U.S. Drought Monitor: https://www.droughtmonitor.unl.edu/ • U.S. Drought Portal: https://drought.gov/ • Climate Prediction Center (CPC): https://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/ • Midwestern Regional Climate Center: https://mrcc.illinois.edu/cliwatch/drought/drought.jsp • Illinois State Climatologist Office: https://stateclimatologist.web.illinois.edu/

Additional water and river information: • NWS: https://water.weather.gov/ahps2/index.php?wfo=ILX • NWS Office of Water Prediction: https://water.noaa.gov/ • U.S. Geological Survey (USGS): https://waterdata.usgs.gov/il/nwis/rt • U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE): https://www.mvr.usace.army.mil/

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