

This recent precipitation resulted in a decrease in abnormal dryness (D0) across northern West Virginia and western Maryland where USGS 28-day average streamflows are near normal. NortheastĪlong and to the west of the central Appalachians, rain and high-elevation snow (1.5 to 3 inches, liquid equivalent), fell across southwest Pennsylvania, western Maryland, and northern West Virginia at the beginning of May.

Weekly temperatures averaged above-normal across the Great Plains. 7-day temperatures, ending on May 8, averaged below-normal across most of the East along with California, the Great Basin, and Desert Southwest. Following a wet end to April across the East, drier weather prevailed this past week from the Mid-Atlantic south to Florida. However, much of Kansas, Missouri, and southern Nebraska missed out on this beneficial rainfall. Scattered thunderstorms brought pockets of heavy rainfall (more than 2 inches), from May 2 to 8, to parts of Texas, central Nebraska, and the Midwest. Between 20, Key produced an Internet radio show called Key Net Radio in regard to the brand.A strong area of mid-level low pressure, near the West Coast, resulted in anomalously wet weather during the first week of May throughout the Pacific Northwest, Northern Rockies, Great Basin, and California. In 2001, Visual Arts created the record label Key Sounds Label to release music albums and singles with music related to Key's visual novels. Key has been an active participant at the Comiket convention since Comiket 57 in 1999, where they sold Kanon-related products Key's latest appearance at Comiket was at Comiket 99 in 2021. Shinji Orito, Key's main composer and another co-founder, has composed music for the majority of Key's titles.

Na-Ga, Key's main artist, mainly worked with background art in earlier games, but with Key's sixth game Little Busters! (2007) was given the position of co-art director with former Key artist Itaru Hinoue. It was formed on July 21, 1998, as a brand under the publisher Visual Arts, and is located in Kita, Osaka.Ĭo-founder Jun Maeda is a prominent figure in the brand, having contributed to the planning, scenario, and music composition in the majority of Key's visual novels. Key is a Japanese visual novel studio known for making dramatic and plot-oriented titles.
