The drought conditions have improved throughout the state, but the potential for fires still remains.
According to the latest report from the U.S. Drought Monitor, the amount of Maine in a “serious drought” decreased by nearly 30%.
That’s alongside a drop in “serious drought” conditions to swaths of “abnormally dry” regions. The drought monitor rates conditions as “abnormally dry,” “moderate drought,” “severe drought,” “extreme drought,” and “exceptional drought.”
A number of days of rain has helped to decrease drought conditions, but groundwater supplies remain depleted after an extended drought through last fall before the ground froze for the winter.
Conditions over the weekend are expected to remain colder than typical at this time of year, with intermittent periods of rain, according to the National Weather Service.
