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"It's been weeks without significant rainfall across northwest Arkansas and the River Valley.\u00A0 In fact, as you can see in the image above Fayetteville has gone 27 straight days without significant rainfall (greater than a tenth of an inch of rain) and Fort Smith has gone 26 straight days without significant rain.\u00A0Not surprisingly such a stretch of dry (and at times very hot) weather led\u00A0scientists at the University of Nebraska to upgrade parts of northwest Arkansas to a \"moderate drought\" when they\u00A0released their updated\u00A0US Drought Monitor on Thursday.\u00A0 This is the first week a drought designation has been posted across Arkansas since last years historic dry spell.\u00A0 Nearly 20% of the state is now in a drought (everywhere shaded in orange is now under a drought, areas shaded in yellow is referenced as being \"abnormally dry\")...So, will we get some rain and halt this drought in its tracks?\u00A0 Well, there are chances.\u00A0 Pop up showers and storms will be possible thru Tuesday, but, not everybody will see the rain.\u00A0 In fact, widespread rain is not forecast for the area at any time in the next 7 days.\u00A0 Not as bad as last year, but, not good news as we enter into the typically hottest and dryest part of the year.Meteorologist Darby Bybee"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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