Lake Lanier remains four feet below full pool entering March, which is typically the wettest month of the year in North Georgia.
The first two months of 2007 have already seen 3 inches less rain than normal in the area and there are worries that without a rainy March, the regional drought may continue.
At Atlanta Journal Constitution quoted State climatologist David Stooksbury with the University of Georgia as saying that:
“March is historically our wettest month. If we do not receive bountiful rainfall, we are set up for a worsening drought this summer.”