The featured map combines Weather Prediction Center seven day precipitation forecast with last week's Drought Monitor. The prediction paints a much needed wet start to April over Iowa. It is getting down to crunch time for precipitation deficits to be made up prior to the start of the growing season. It is also a good time to make up such deficits as it is still too early for farmers to plant crops and soils are no longer frozen. The only downside to this forecast is far western Iowa with totals that are not much higher than climatology this time of year, but something is better than nothing!

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