Drought conditions worsened in many parts of Alabama this past week, but a few places saw improvement.

That’s according to the U.S. Drought Monitor, which released its weekly look at drought conditions nationwide on Thursday.

This week’s report, which was compiled from Oct. 10-17 and released on Thursday, shows some places still in extreme drought, which is Level 3 out of 4 drought levels.

This week’s report showed that Level 3 drought was hanging on in parts of Mobile, Baldwin, Escambia, Monroe, Conecuh and (a sliver of) Washington counties. Areas in extreme drought made up 6.14 percent of the state, which is unchanged from last week.

But there was an expansion of areas in severe drought, which is Level 2 out of 4. That increased from 29.50 percent to 43.91 percent this week, according to the report.

Areas in moderate (Level 1) drought also increased from 78.80 percent to 84.37 percent.

On the flip side there was a small decrease in areas on the verge of drought (or Level D0) — from 100 percent last week to 98.44 percent this week.

And areas not in drought at all increased from 0 percent last week to 1.56 percent this week.

Alabama has a chance to see a little rain with the approach of a cold front in the next day or so, but it is not expected to add up to much, according to the National Weather Service.

And the next week also looks to be on the dry side, with a quarter-inch or less of rainfall expected in Alabama, according to the seven-day precipitation forecast from NOAA’s Weather Prediction Center: