CIARA:
THE SUN WAS BACK OUT OUT TODAY
BUT RECENTLY WESTERN
MASSACHUSETTS HAS
GOTTEN SOME MUCH NEEDED
RAINFALL.
22NEWS STORM TEAM METEOROLOGIST
ADAM STRZEMPKO IS WORKING FOR
YOU
WITH HOW THE WET WEATHER IS
AFFECTING THE DROUGHT CONDITIONS
WE'VE BEEN EXPERIENCING.
ADAM: AT POD
THINGS ARE STARTING TO GET
BETTER IN SOME AREAS BUT WE
COULD STILL USE SOME MORE RAIN.
THE LATEST U.S. DROUGHT MONITOR
THAT CAME OUT TODAY CONTINUES TO
KEEP
MOST OF HAMPDEN COUNTY IN THE
SEVERE DROUGHT CATEGORY BUT
THINGS
HAVE IMPROVED A BIT IN BERKSHIRE
AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES WHERE SOME
SPOTS
ARE NOW IN THE ABNORMALLY DRY
CATEGORY.
THE RAIN WE GOT YESTERDAY AND
ESPECIALLY LAST NIGHT IS VERY
BENEFICIAL.
MATTHEW CHENIER: YEAH I'M REALLY
HAPPY TO SEE
SOME RAIN SO HOPEFULLY IT WILL
HELP US WITH THE GARDENS AND OUR
LAWNS WON'T BE AS BROWN SO IT
WILL BE NICE.
ADAM:
THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT SOME SPOTS
IN THE LOWER PIONEER VALLEY THAT
REALLY
NEEDED THE RAIN, PICKED UP WELL
OVER AN INCH OF RAIN THIS
MORNING.
ADAM:
NOW THE RAIN WE GOT YESTERDAY
AND THIS MORNING IS NOT INCLUDED
IN THE
LATEST DROUGHT MONITOR UPDATE SO
WE'LL HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL NEXT
THUSDAY
