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<br />National Weather Service/NOAA Regional Precipitation data <br />{inches above f+1 or below f-1 normal) <br />RDU <br />-2.29" since September 1, 2007 <br />-7.89" since January 1, 2007 <br />11liscellaneous notes <br />Piedmont-Triad <br />-3.68" since September 1, 2007 <br />-13.28" since JanLiary 1, 2007 <br />1. The NC Draught Management Advisory Council drought map, updated October 2, 2007, shows <br />the southern 75°l0 of Orange County to be in the area characterized as "exceptional drought" <br />(the mast severe draught condition used} and the northern 25% of the County in the area <br />characterized as "extreme drought" in terms of climatic conditions. <br />2. Given that Orange Alamance's withdrawals are now averaging well below historical levels; <br />Piedmont Minerals withdraws are but a tiny fraction of its historical levels of withdrawal; and <br />excess releases by Hillsborough, the water level at Lake Orange, though low, is well above <br />historical expectations, given the current lack of rainfall.. <br />