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Despite rains, Indiana drought worsens
In the last week, rain has moved in to parts of Indiana – but much of the drought conditions continue to intensify across the state. Ken Scheeringa associate state climatologist for the Indiana State Climate Office says, “Exceptional drought, which we are now experiencing in west-central and southwest Indiana we expect to see once every 50 years or longer.”
He says a high pressure system has kept moisture from the Gulf of Mexico from entering much of the Midwest. “The ‘ring of fire’ is what you would see most likely on a radar chart,” he says. “Storm systems move around a Midwestern high pressure system in a circular pattern.”
The system, Scheeringa says, starts in Colorado, moves northward into Minnesota, and then south-eastward to Indiana and Ohio. As a result – the precipitation misses the most drought stricken areas of Indiana.
Scheeringa says normal to slightly above-normal temperatures and rainfall are expected for parts of the Corn Belt in the next 8-14 days. He says that wouldn’t do much more than hold drought conditions steady.
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