The USDA NASS weekly update released on Monday painted a dire picture for degrading soil moisture status. The featured map presents the percentage of each state with a top soil moisture condition in either poor or very poor condition. The percentage points change from the previous week's number is included as well and is the key to the choropleth of the map. Outside of small improvements in Kansas and South Dakota, the rest of the Midwestern US degraded. The changes shown in Kentucky, Indiana, and Ohio are rather extreme and about as bad as it can get for a week over week change. The good news is that storm chances continue in the forecast, but their widespread nature remains in doubt.

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