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<br />National Weather ServicelNOAA Regional Precipitation data {as of 1116/2007) <br />finches above f+1 or below f-1 normal) <br />RDU Piedmont-Triad <br />-2.21 "since November 1, 2007 -1.83" since November 1, 2007 <br />-8.37" since January 1, 2007 -11.51" since January 1, 2007 <br />Miscellaneous notes <br />1. Please Hate that the rainfall deficits noted above show only deficits from January 2007, and do <br />not reflect deficits that remained at the end of preceding years. USGS ground water specialists <br />and hydrogeologists recently speculated that North Carolina as a whale needs 30 to 40" of <br />rainfall by April 2008 to break the draught. <br />2. The NC Drought Management Advisory Council drought map, updated November 27, 2007, <br />indicates that the entirety of Orange County lies within the area characterized as experiencing <br />"exceptional drought" (the most severe draught classification used. <br />3. Given that: 1 }Orange Alamance's withdrawals are now averaging well below historical levels <br />(averaging approximately 130,000 gallons per day); 2) Piedmont Minerals withdrawals are but a <br />tiny fraction of its historical levels of withdrawal; and 3} Hillsborough has been releasing well <br />above its minimum required release, the water level at Lake Orange -though quite low - is well <br />above what might be expected with the current drought situation. <br />