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Until yesterday's snow, conditions were extremely dry. High sustained winds of 20-30MPH over several weeks has evaporated the little moisture that was in the ground. In my pastures that have not been grazed since early October there is little to no greening of the pasture grasses. In the pastures that have had sheep on them, all dry grass is gone and some greening has occurred, but very sporadic growth with lots of bare dirt. Normal would be at least 50% more greening and grass growth. My runoff pond has been totally dry since October. Last week a grass fire occurred only 1/4 mile from here and was contained to about 5 acres. In 28 years in this location we have never had a grass fire within many miles. The dirt roads are not maintaining moisture for more than 2 days, meaning really rough roads and much dust. CoCoRaHS Report from Station #Elizabeth 6.2 SSW on 3/20/2018