The drought monitor report as of Tuesday, May 23 indicates exceptional drought in our area with really no change from last week, even with the rains. Overall, in the western half of the state and extreme Southeast Kansas, conditions have improved a bit more. The six to ten-day outlook (May 30 to June 3) indicates a 40 to 50% of above normal temperature and a 40 to 50% chance of leaning to above normal precipitation.