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<br />National Weather Service/NOAA Regional Precipitation data <br />{inches above f+1 or below f-1 normal) <br />RDU Piedmont-Triad <br />-3.63" since September 1, 2007 -5.18" since September 1, 2007 <br />-9.23" since January 1, 2007 -14.78" since January 1, 2007 <br />Nliscellaneous notes <br />1. The NC Drought Management t~dvisory Council drought map, updated October 16, 2007, shows that all <br />of Orange County is within the area characterized as experiencing "exceptional drought" (the most severe <br />drought condition used) in terms of climatic conditions. <br />2. Given that Orange _~lamance's withdrawals are now averaging well below historical levels (and, we are <br />advised, has t~-~ithdrawn no t~-°ater at all from the Eno for the past several «~eeks); Piedmont Minerals <br />withdrawals are but a tiny fraction of its historical levels of withdrawal; and excess releases by Hillsborough, <br />the water level at Lake Orange, though quite low, is well above historical expectations, given the current <br />lack of rainfall.. <br />