For a period of 4-1 4 days (2d6 +2), the usual principles governing frequency and amount of precipitation do not apply. On the first day of a drought no precipitation will fall, regardless of what the [[Day-to-Day Change Table]] has indicated. At any time when trac&recipitation is indicated, no rainfall or snowfall will occur. In an area‘where light or moderate precipitation is the normal maximum, no precipitation greater than a trace amount will fall, and this will occur no more than once in every span of five full days. In addition, any trace result is disregarded. In an area where heavy precipitation is the normal maximum, treat any precipitation result as two steps lower than actual, so that Heavy becomes Light, Moderate becomes Trace, and Light becomes no precipitation. Use the [[Day-to-Day Change Table]] normally for temperature and wind, but amend any precipitation results as described here. Example 1: It is winter in an area of subtropical hills, and the tables indicate that a drought will occur beginning on the following day. A roll of 2d6 yields a result of 9, so the drought will persist for 11 days. No rain will fall on the first day. When light precipitation is indicated on the second day, a trace of rain falls instead. Since precipitation can only occur once in a five-day period, it will not rain again until day 6 of the drought at the earliest. Example 2: The season is spring instead of winter, which means that the precipitation amount in subtropical hills normally ranges from light to heavy. During a springtime drought, any heavy precipitation result is treated as light rain, and in any other instance only trace precipitation will occur if it rains at all.