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Posted: 7:12 AM- LOGAN - It's so dry along Logan's east bench that weather specialists are saying Cache Valley is in an "ecological drought."
And a weak winter snowpack and weeks without rain are just the beginning. Experts warn the region's dry conditions likely will continue for months.
The Herald-Journal newspaper reports today that this situation worries National Weather Service meteorologist Mark Struthwolf.
"The longer we keep these dry conditions, the worse the situation is going to get," he said. "The impact is that with these very dry, hot temperatures we're drying out the vegetation."
Currently, the entire state is in a "D-1 Drought Moderate" or "D-2 Drought Severe" state, the NWÍ says.
The U.S. Drought Monitor and the NWS' Climate Prediction Center agree that drought conditions will "persist or intensify" over the next 90 days.
