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Condition Monitoring Report  
Station Number: MS-CH-3
Station Name: Clarksdale 2.9 SW
Report Date: 12/21/2025
Submitted: 12/21/2025 6:24 AM
Scale Bar: Mildly Dry
Description:
Weekly precipitation was 0.28 inches. We had a few light showers in the area last Saturday afternoon with a frontal passage that amounted to a Trace reported on Sunday December 14, 2025. That Sunday was clear and blustery with an arctic air mass digging in and a lo/hi of 20/38. Monday was clear and 18/38. Tuesday mainly sunny and 23/52. Wednesday was mainly cloudy with light showers and mist in the area in the morning (0.05) and a lo/hi of 41/57. Thursday 50/67 saw more clouds in the morning and an air mass shift to the warmer side with showers between sunrays in the early afternoon before a quick squall just before 5pm (just before sunset) brought 0.23 inches and an air mass shift back to the cooler side. Friday 34/52 was sunny and nice. Yesterday (Saturday December 20, 2025) 37/67 featured a sunny sky and a gusty Southerly wind 12-21 gusting to 31. The meager 0.28 inches of rainfall reported for the week has been blown away with all the wind and we are approaching conditions of dryness that are nearly "moderate" again. The water year that ended on October 1st showed a normal precipitation year. The actual year Jan1 through Dec 31 is currently at 47.12 inches which is around 7.5 inches below normal (55.24 inches is avg for PRISM). NOAA precipitation has been adjusted down for this area to 53.79 inches per year average. We still have 10 days left to make up some of that ground. Area waterways and bayous and swamps are lower than normal and the ground is easily capable of soaking up a few inches of rain (if it came slowly). People are running wells to flood fields for waterfowl in the area (usually mother nature puts most of the water in the fields after boarding up culverts). That has not been the case so far this year. Other observations: A secondary peak of color is occurring now with regards to oak trees (of which we have a lot). After these leaves tumble, the delta becomes a very dormant and brown landscape. 
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