Percent of U.S. Mainland in Selected Drought Ranges -- October 15, 2006
Percentile Range	Short-Term Drought Indicator Blend				Long-Term Drought Indicator Blend
	Current	Anomaly*	Percentile*	Change**	Current	Anomaly*	Percentile*	Change**
0-30 (D0)	15.69	-14.49	18.56	- 1.71	43.48	+13.27	78.49	- 0.42
0-20 (D1)	9.66	-10.48	23.64	+ 0.21	29.63	+ 9.45	77.35	- 1.93
0-10 (D2)	1.95	- 8.13	13.78	- 1.40	9.62	- 0.50	61.38	- 0.58
0-5 (D3)	0.43	- 4.67	16.17	+ 0.00	2.65	- 2.48	49.23	- 2.45
0-2 (D4)	0.43	- 1.64	42.78	+ 0.00	1.16	- 0.90	61.91	+ 0.00
*Anomalies & percentiles based on monthly 1932 - 2001 data from National Climatic Data Center. **Change from Previous Week's Percentage of U.S. Covered