(KNSI) — Drought has all but disappeared from central Minnesota.
The latest data from the U.S. Drought Monitor shows less than a half-percent of Stearns County is currently classified as abnormally dry. In Sherburne County, the figure is at 7.52%. No part of Benton County is seeing a moisture deficit. None of the affected areas is near the St. Cloud metro region.
The gradual snow melt of the past few weeks has been aided by steady, light rainfall at times. The warmer weather will give way to another burst of wintry flakes.
The National Weather Service is currently predicting around an inch on Monday, but, forecasters sat central Minnesota has a 90% chance of seeing at least eight inches of snow between 6:00 p.m. Tuesday and 6:00 p.m. Thursday. That will continue to replenish the snowpack for a spring melt later this year.
A gradual, consistent melt is considered best for the planting season according to meteorologists as it will allow the moisture to seep into the soil and be absorbed by the ground rather than running off away from the fields and into our streams and lakes.
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