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<blockquote data-quote="KPRC2" data-source="post: 57068" data-attributes="member: 148">A view from space shared by the National Weather Service on Thursday is showing just how much drought conditions are affecting the Houston area.<a href="https://www.click2houston.com/weather/2022/07/27/how-much-rain-do-we-need/" target="_blank">RELATED: How much rain DO we need?</a>The U.S. National Weather Service Houston-Galveston Texas shared a side-by-side image of the Houston area from July 2021 and July 2022. The posting noted that the colors indicate the differences.“A year ago the region was covered by more green foliage, while now the brown areas indicate dry foliage,” the post shared more than 300 times noted.KPRC 2′s Frank Billingsley broke down the big points of the drought conditions in his twice-weekly blog newsletter this week, <a href="https://www.click2houston.com/weather/2022/07/27/how-much-rain-do-we-need/" target="_blank">showing us just how bad the drought has become</a>. (<a href="https://www.click2houston.com/account/newsletters/" target="_blank">You can subscribe here to his Frank’s Weather or Not blog</a> if you want to get his fascinating updates on the regular.)The photo shared Thursday is from Copernicus Sentinel data. <a href="https://www.esa.int/Applications/Observing_the_Earth/Copernicus" target="_blank">Here’s more information on the data collection efforts from the European Space Agency</a> if you’re interested in learning more about how the images were acquired.How have your plants and yard fared in the drought conditions? Let us know in the comments.<a href="https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2022/06/13/these-beautiful-heat-loving-plants-wont-die-unless-you-really-try-in-your-houston-garden/" target="_blank">RELATED: These beautiful, heat-loving plants won’t die -- unless you really try -- in your Houston garden</a><a href="https://www.click2houston.com/weather/2022/07/28/photo-really-brown-view-from-space-shows-just-how-drought-conditions-are-affecting-the-houston-area/" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="KPRC2, post: 57068, member: 148"] A view from space shared by the National Weather Service on Thursday is showing just how much drought conditions are affecting the Houston area. [URL='https://www.click2houston.com/weather/2022/07/27/how-much-rain-do-we-need/'][B]RELATED: How much rain DO we need?[/B][/URL] The U.S. National Weather Service Houston-Galveston Texas shared a side-by-side image of the Houston area from July 2021 and July 2022. The posting noted that the colors indicate the differences. “A year ago the region was covered by more green foliage, while now the brown areas indicate dry foliage,” the post shared more than 300 times noted. KPRC 2′s Frank Billingsley broke down the big points of the drought conditions in his twice-weekly blog newsletter this week, [URL='https://www.click2houston.com/weather/2022/07/27/how-much-rain-do-we-need/']showing us just how bad the drought has become[/URL]. ([URL='https://www.click2houston.com/account/newsletters/']You can subscribe here to his Frank’s Weather or Not blog[/URL] if you want to get his fascinating updates on the regular.) The photo shared Thursday is from Copernicus Sentinel data. [URL='https://www.esa.int/Applications/Observing_the_Earth/Copernicus']Here’s more information on the data collection efforts from the European Space Agency[/URL] if you’re interested in learning more about how the images were acquired. How have your plants and yard fared in the drought conditions? Let us know in the comments. [URL='https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2022/06/13/these-beautiful-heat-loving-plants-wont-die-unless-you-really-try-in-your-houston-garden/'][B]RELATED: These beautiful, heat-loving plants won’t die -- unless you really try -- in your Houston garden[/B][/URL] [url="https://www.click2houston.com/weather/2022/07/28/photo-really-brown-view-from-space-shows-just-how-drought-conditions-are-affecting-the-houston-area/"]Continue reading...[/url] [/QUOTE]

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