Oklahoma Remains In Drought Condition

The latest report from the U.S. Drought

Monitor shows about 42 percent of Oklahoma remains in exceptional

drought – the most severe category.

The monitor released Thursday shows exceptional drought

stretching from Osage County westward across the Oklahoma Panhandle

and in much of the southwestern corner of the state.

Extreme drought is reported in about 43 percent of the state and

severe drought in more than 4 percent of the remaining sections of

Oklahoma.

The National Weather Service’s short term forecast calls for

partly cloudy to sunny skies with afternoon highs in the 80s and

90s statewide through Saturday.