A state panel that watches hydrological conditions has expanded the number of localities under a drought watch to 38 as dry conditions prevail across the mid-Atlantic.
“The impacts of Tropical Storm Helene remain evident within the 60-day period, but the positive gains realized by streamflow have largely dissipated,” reads the latest report from the Virginia Drought Monitoring Task Force.
While no localities in the Thomas Jefferson Planning District Commission are included, Augusta County and other Shenandoah Valley communities have been classified as being in a drought watch which is intended to signal that dry conditions may persist.
All of Virginia has experienced lower than normal precipitation for over 30 days.
Drought watch conditions have already been in place in the Northern Virginia and Shenandoah regions, but now the drought watch has been extended to the Eastern Shore, the Northern Coastal Plain, Southeast Virginia, and York James.
The Rivanna Water and Sewer Authority periodically reports levels at the five reservoirs it maintains. The latest data online is from November 11 and all bodies of water are full except the Ragged Mountain Reservoir which is 95.98 percent full.
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