<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[Real Science]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://stevengoddard.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[stevengoddard]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://stevengoddard.wordpress.com/author/stevengoddard/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Eight Inches Of Rain At The Exceptional&nbsp;Drought]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>The US Drought monitor has outdone themselves this week with their level of BS.</p>
<p>The southwest has been blasted with rain over the past week, and some areas received more than one-third of their average annual precipitation. But the Washington DC based US Drought monitor still lists them as <em>exceptional drought</em>.</p>
<p>The image below overlays the past week&#8217;s precipitation on today&#8217;s drought map.</p>
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<p><a href="http://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/">US Drought Monitor</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.intellicast.com/National/Precipitation/Weekly.aspx?region=default">Intellicast &#8211; Weekly Precipitation in United States</a></p>
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