Ask the Meteorologist: What would it take to end ongoing drought?
THE SERIES. GAME. 3 IS AN
OTTAWA TOMORROW NIGHT.
>> THE ONGOING DROUGHT HAS BEEN
MONTHS IN THE MAKING, WHICH
MEANS IT MIGHT TAKE THAT LONG
TO GET RID OF IT. METEOROLOGIST
CHRIS MICHAELS SHOWS US THE ONE
UNIQUE WEATHER FEATURE THAT
COULD BRING RELIEF BEFORE
SUMMER TIME IN 2 DAYS ASKED
THE METEOROLOGISTS, CHRIS, GIVE
US HOPE THIS IS PURELY JUST
TRYING TO BE OPTIMISTIC HERE
BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY YOU DON'T
WANT A TROPICAL SYSTEM TO GET
RID OF THE DROUGHT. BUT ONE
THING WE WATCH FOR IN THE
MONTHS OF MAY AND JUNE IS
SOMETHING THAT'S CALLED AN
UPPER LEVEL LOW.
>> THAT IS USUALLY CUT OFF FROM
THE JET STREAM. SO BECAUSE IT'S
CUT OFF FROM THOSE HARSH WINDS,
IT CAN STAY CAN MEANDER FOR
DAYS AT A TIME OF ACTUALLY
COVERED A NUMBER OF THESE IN
THE MONTHS OF MAY AND JUNE AND
SOMETIMES THEY CAN DROP INCHES
OF RAIN WITHIN DAYS. SO WE
REMAIN HOPEFUL FOR THAT.
>> IN THE MEANTIME, WE LOOK
TOWARDS SOME LONG-RANGE
OUTLOOKS LIKE THIS ONE FROM
NOAA'S CLIMATE PREDICTION
CENTER AND IT AT LEAST SHOWS
THE POSSIBILITY OF A BUNCH OF
THE AVERAGE PRECIPITATION IN
THE MONTHS OF MAY. AND JUNE,
WHICH WOULD BE VERY MUCH
WELCOME NEWS BECAUSE SO FAR
THIS MONTH, RAIN CHANCES BURIED
IN SILENCE. HARDLY ANYTHING.
WE'VE SEEN A 10TH OF AN INCH
OF RAIN IN RALEIGH THAT MAKES
IT THE 3RD DRIEST MONTH ON
RECORD. THE DRIEST WAS OCTOBER
OF 2000 AND NOVEMBER OF 1931,
SOME RAIN CHANCES IN THE
FORECAST. BUT ELIZABETH, WE
NEED 10 TO 11 INCHES OF RAIN
WITHIN ONE MONTH TO COMPLETELY
GET RID OF THE DROUGHT.
OBVIOUSLY DON'T WANT ALL THAT