4/29/2024 | AK-MS-12 | AK | Matanuska-Susitna |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness Fire Plants & Wildlife
| Another week of no measurable precipitation along with many sunny days and low humidity has really decimated the snowpack. This morning I noted the snowpack is less than one and a half feet in depth and its coverage is now between just 50% to 60%. We really do need rain as it has been weeks since we saw even the slightest precipitation. Virtually all the rivers, streams and creeks are showing more open water than ice and even the lakes have begun to see some open water. The wild birds are enjoying the warmth; the moose continue to be MIA. We are no longer seeing complete nighttime darkness and our daylight is at 16 hours and 20 minutes. Without question, spring has sprung! |
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4/29/2024 | AR-GN-6 | AR | Greene |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
| Today's morning temperature is 60°. About average for this months reports. Cool mornings and comfortable days. The total rain for the month of April is 1.80 inches. At the farm the grass has greened up and the farmers in the area have soy beans up, rice fields are prepared for flooding, other fields are being worked for other crops. |
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4/29/2024 | CA-AM-19 | CA | Amador |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
| Still weed whacking as there is sufficient moisture in the weed bases to keep them watered. Garden soil is dry a couple inches down in some of the harder pack spots, but other areas, the soil is still moist. |
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4/29/2024 | CA-OR-67 | CA | Orange |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
| Clear, Cool, Calm |
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4/29/2024 | CO-BO-380 | CO | Boulder |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness
| Over 2 inches of rain last week. |
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4/29/2024 | CO-BO-568 | CO | Boulder |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness
| With over 3 inches of precipitation the past two weekends, including several inches of snow, the moisture for April is over 4 inches. High temperatures have varied from the mid 30s to the upper 70s. Most days continue to be windy. Conditions are mildly wet. |
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4/29/2024 | CO-CR-18 | CO | Crowley |
Moderately Dry
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Plants & Wildlife Water Supply & Quality
| Rain on Sat. was great, but immediately soaked in. So very dry, no puddles. Trees leafing out, but some are doing so very sparsely. Pastures are still brown. Hopefully, they'll green up this week. Noticing a few more seasonal birds. Canal is running full. |
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4/29/2024 | CO-DL-54 | CO | Delta |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness Water Supply & Quality
| .92" of rain in the past three days. Nice slow rain which soaked right in to the soil.. No sign the ground was close to saturated. |
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4/29/2024 | CO-JF-72 | CO | Jefferson |
Moderately Wet
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife Water Supply & Quality
| Fruitless pear tree is mostly leafed out - 5% blossoms, 95% leaves. Soils are muddy. Standing water in low areas in fields, golf course cart paths. |
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4/29/2024 | CO-LR-36 | CO | Larimer |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness Agriculture Plants & Wildlife
| 0.87” of rain has greatly improved conditions. Soil is damp, pasture has suddenly greened up. |
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4/29/2024 | FL-DV-13 | FL | Duval |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife
| over two weeks here at the coast with little rainfall. |
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4/29/2024 | FL-IR-60 | FL | Indian River |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
| Having to water grass, plants and vegetables more often. Tomato plants are under stress. What tomatoes we can harvest are about half their normal size. Birds are now pecking at the tomato plants. Green peppers are doing fine and producing many, but again half their normal size. Grass is some areas is like straw. Grass in proximity of shrubs, trees and plantings is green and lush as a result of watering. |
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4/29/2024 | FL-MR-88 | FL | Marion |
Moderately Dry
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Water Supply & Quality
| We have gone to twice weekly irrigation. The supply lakes are very low. |
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4/29/2024 | ID-AD-9 | ID | Ada |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife Water Supply & Quality
| April 24-29, 2024: A repeat of previous weeks but 0.04" rain total for the past week (measured on April 26). Cool mornings continue (40's) and mild to warm days (60's-70's). Breezy to windy during the day. Garden and yard plants are thriving in the spring weather, but the soil is dry. The yard irrigation well has been on for more than a week. Lawn grass is growing fast, needing to be mowed every few days where watered. A male and female Anna's hummingbird are still using the feeders. Black chinned hummingbirds have not showed up yet. Red-tailed hawks are back, cruising the neighborhood for meals. Squirrels are keeping a low profile when the hawks fly over! Discharge in the Boise River at Glenwood Bridge was lowered from 3,950 cfs earlier in the week to 3,750 cfs on April 26th. Snow is rapidly disappearing on highest peaks above the valley. Several days of cold mornings (low 30's) are forecast for this week followed by much warmer weather after about the end of week. |
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4/29/2024 | IL-CP-108 | IL | Champaign |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife
| For April through today,4/29,I have recorded 6.29" of rain, including 2.37" in the last 3 days. Water is ponding in some fields and grass and flowers are growing rapidly. |
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4/29/2024 | IL-CP-137 | IL | Champaign |
Moderately Wet
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General Awareness Agriculture Plants & Wildlife
| Ditches are very full as of yesterday afternoon without the current rains. Saint Joseph's Wetlands have standing waters throughout though the Salt Fork has not spilled over its banks. |
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4/29/2024 | IL-CK-12 | IL | Cook |
Severely Wet
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| Very wet ground |
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4/29/2024 | IL-DP-178 | IL | Du Page |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife Tourism & Recreation
| Everything is green and growing. Buds on Most trees have popped and leaves are growing. Plenty of rabbits, squirrels and garter snakes. Trails are wet and have puddles. Salt Creek in Elmhurst I’d about one foot over average. |
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4/29/2024 | IL-DP-189 | IL | Du Page |
Moderately Wet
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife
| Standing water in a few areas of my yard after a few days of rainfall. Significant change from late last week when some areas of soil were cracking. |
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4/29/2024 | IL-GY-37 | IL | Grundy |
Severely Wet
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Agriculture
| The ground is fully saturated after yesterday’s rain all of today’s is run off. The grass waterway behind my house has been flowing since yesterday morning and is now about 40’ wide and 18” deep. It usually only runs a half dozen times a year and only this much flow during snow melt. |
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4/29/2024 | IL-KK-39 | IL | Kankakee |
Moderately Wet
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General Awareness Agriculture Plants & Wildlife
| Hasn't been any flooding but have received 6.54 inches of rain over the past 39 days with never more than a 4 day break from the rain. The most we had in any one day was 0.91 inch on April 2. Soil is very saturated right now since we have had 1.72 inches of rain over the past 3 days straight. No corn or soybeans have been planted yet due to wet weather. Horse Creek tributary at 9000W Rd (1/4 mile south) is about 25% full and the 15 inch drainage line at that location is flowing about 60% full, about 50% submerged. Our pear tree has tiny fruit starting to form. The apple tree was fully blossomed but most of the blossoms are gone now with no fruit showing yet. Has been very windy the last couple of days. |
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4/29/2024 | IL-MCL-60 | IL | McLean |
Moderately Wet
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General Awareness
| nearly 3 inches of rain over the past week. water seeping through basement expansion cracks |
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4/29/2024 | IL-MG-14 | IL | Morgan |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Agriculture Plants & Wildlife
| We received 2.98 inches of rain this week end. All the yards near me are lush and have a good color. The corn is perky and growing very well. Neighboring county of Scott will benefit tremendously from this rain, my son in rural Bluffs had 3.25 catch in his Davis electronic gauge this week end. |
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4/29/2024 | IL-WL-136 | IL | Will |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Agriculture
| I am a farmer life is good right now. |
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4/29/2024 | IL-WN-10 | IL | Winnebago |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness Agriculture Plants & Wildlife
| Everything is greening up and growing. Spring plants and trees are blooming now. |
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4/29/2024 | IN-AL-1 | IN | Allen |
Moderately Wet
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife
| Water still standing in back yard…very soft yet…plants are blooming, budding small decorative trees… |
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4/29/2024 | IN-AL-106 | IN | Allen |
Moderately Wet
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General Awareness
| Low-lying areas have standing water. Lawns are soggy. Rain has been frequent enough that we do not need to water new plants. Soil is deeply soaked. |
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4/29/2024 | IN-VG-24 | IN | Vigo |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife
| watering in between showers occasionally. |
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4/29/2024 | IA-BT-11 | IA | Benton |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Agriculture Plants & Wildlife
| Weekend rains brought almost an inch of rain to the area putting a stop to the farm field work. Fruit trees and crabapple trees looking glorious in full bloom while robins trill their happy tunes early each morning. Skies are blue this morning with bright sunshine. Water levels in the ponds and river are rising slowly. |
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4/29/2024 | IA-FR-5 | IA | Franklin |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Agriculture
| April Wet conditions are exactly as supposed.
Wind Conditions are compensating for a deficit in overall mileage not received in cold winter; and is now making up for it with long stretches of winds over 40 knots. That is also normal for conditional occurrence. |
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4/29/2024 | IA-HR-13 | IA | Harrison |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness
| No puddles really but soil is muddy. |
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4/29/2024 | IA-LN-49 | IA | Linn |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife
| Drought improvement continues, category D2-D1. Decent rain events occurred during the Main Focus for the week, which was potential for 3 days of Severe Weather in Iowa. Luckily Weather Radio for this region was repaired and fixed, alerts were received as needed. Non Severe info-Furnace, AC and open windows all utilized this week. AQI was Green Good. Increase in butterflies, moths, flies, birds, Owls, birds, stink bugs, ticks and Deer. Deer set off security camera and was eating my spring crocus daffodil/hosta grass area. Dandelions are turning white poufy and or still sprouting. Mowing required, and Lilac Trees Bloomed. No squirrels were seen. |
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4/29/2024 | KS-FO-59 | KS | Ford |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness Agriculture Plants & Wildlife
| At my station I have had less than two inches of moisture since the beginning of the year. I have had only .80 the last 3 months. Non irrigated farm ground blows dust on windy days and pasture vegetation is under stress due to the lack of adequate precipitation. Putting in a garden requires more water and lawns need more irrigation than normal. |
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4/29/2024 | KS-LV-4 | KS | Leavenworth |
Moderately Wet
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General Awareness Agriculture Plants & Wildlife
| Ponds are full and streams are flowing full to their capacity. Some standing water in low areas. Crops and turf are lush and Spring growth rate has returned. |
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4/29/2024 | KS-RC-10 | KS | Rice |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness Agriculture
| Soil conditions are very dry, all plantings are requiring additional watering. Established trees and vines are in good condition but will require additional irrigation. Area wheat appears stressed. Pasture conditions are fair to poor. Ponds that filled during February rains, are now losing level. Less than .25” of rain in April. |
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4/29/2024 | ME-SM-3 | ME | Somerset |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
| 0.29" rain for week. Trout lilies, magnolia and maples in blossom, fiddlehead ferns nearly ready for harvesting. |
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4/29/2024 | MD-AA-84 | MD | Anne Arundel |
Mildly Dry
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Plants & Wildlife
| Garden plants need rain. Ground pretty dry. Have to water certain things every other day. Bird fountain drying out quickly. |
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4/29/2024 | MA-NF-1 | MA | Norfolk |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Agriculture Fire Plants & Wildlife Tourism & Recreation Water Supply & Quality
| Little change in conditions over the past week. Seasonal plants are blooming and healthy. Lawns are green and soil moisture appears to be normal for this time of year. Levels on ponds and lakes remain very high. |
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4/29/2024 | MA-NF-68 | MA | Norfolk |
Near Normal
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| mowed the lawn for the first time yesterday. ground is no longer damp. checked vegetable beds under surface, still moist, but for the first time this spring, will need watering. |
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4/29/2024 | MI-SW-12 | MI | Shiawassee |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife
| It's been raining a pretty good amount lately (including almost an inch this past week), but nothing seems to out of the ordinary for this time of year. The river level still appears normal but is on the high end of normal. Our yard is pretty wet with mud and standing water in places. Grass is growing very quickly now, and needs a mow, but the rain has not allowed that over the weekend... maybe tomorrow? Deer movement is low now. Frogs are appearing in the yard and peeping everywhere now. Birdseed consumption is lower this past week, especially the sunflower seed. Have been hearing a lot of White-throated sparrows this week. I notice that the dark-eyed juncos are gone too, so winter is officially over! Still a lot of tulips and daffodils, plus lots of dandelions are now growing. All the trees have leaves now, in varying stages of growth. Keeping watch in anticipation for when the trilliums bloom. Haven't had any mosquitos yet, but I'm sure we will be asking for it pretty soon. |
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4/29/2024 | MI-WY-33 | MI | Wayne |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
| April rain has NOT been a gentle soaking rain, but at least there has been moisture into the ground, grass is growing and early crops are emerging. |
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4/29/2024 | MN-HN-14 | MN | Hennepin |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness
| 2" + in the last two weeks has helped moderate the drought conditions. Trees and vegetation are greening up. Lake levels are returning to normal. |
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4/29/2024 | MN-IT-38 | MN | Itasca |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Fire
| 1.32" of rain over this past weekend has sunk into what was mildly dry ground. Grass appears to be "greening up" rather quickly now. |
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4/29/2024 | MN-KC-19 | MN | Koochiching |
Near Normal
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| less than a half inch below normal with rain/snow today possibly getting precipitation levels to normal by end of April |
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4/29/2024 | MN-MR-32 | MN | Morrison |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness Agriculture Plants & Wildlife Water Supply & Quality
| Ground is muddy. Too soft to drive any equipment on. Driveway is very muddy. Grass is greening up nicely! Crow Wing River is finally coming up to normal levels. |
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4/29/2024 | MN-RC-50 | MN | Rice |
Moderately Wet
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife
| Another round of showers continues to improve our garden soil moisture. |
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4/29/2024 | MN-SR-53 | MN | Stearns |
Moderately Wet
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General Awareness
| My garden and backyard have ponding going on. Trees are leafing out . Lawn is lush and recovering from winter. |
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4/29/2024 | MO-BS-5 | MO | Bates |
Mildly Dry
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Agriculture Water Supply & Quality
| we have been very dry until the last 5 days when we received 8 " of rain in 5 days,5 " of that on the 28th,ponds filling or overflowing,creeks running ,water over roads.pastures had been at a standstill for several weeks,this should kickstart growth |
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4/29/2024 | MO-BN-50 | MO | Boone |
Moderately Wet
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General Awareness Agriculture Plants & Wildlife Water Supply & Quality
| An early morning, late late afternoon, evening, early night total rain of 1.38 inches and 4/27/2024 total of 0.87 inches has dramatically changed Ash Street Garden condition monitoring to an estimated 65% moderately wet and 35% mildly wet. All additional garden plot watering has ceased! |
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4/29/2024 | MO-JF-21 | MO | Jefferson |
Moderately Wet
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General Awareness
| Ground is saturated due to recent rains |
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