Meteorologist Abbi Duval with the National Weather Service says don’t be fooled by the rainstorm we saw early Sunday morning, although much of the area saw almost an inch of rainfall, it’s still not enough to alleviate this drought.
“We only got about 52 hundredths here at the office, and while every little bit helps, we’re going to need some more to break this drought,” said Duval.
And with a drought is the inherent danger of fires… From the McDannald fire in the Davis Mountains to the Mallard fire in the panhandle.
The dangers of fires are still very real even with the rain that fell over West Texas early Sunday morning.
“I mean you could look around all parts of the Permian Basin and see that we are still in a drought, even though we got that rain, the grass is still brown and there’s a lot that could still go up [in flames],” Duval explains.
But we should still hold on to hope.
“It’s [rain] gonna come, we’re not gonna stay in a drought forever.
So take the necessary precautions to keep fires from starting,” Duval says.
But for this Meteorologist, She says any rain is a welcome sight.
“It was very, very nice to see some rain on the radar,” Duval explained.