The latest Drought Monitor, released today, shows that moderate (D1) drought has expanded significantly in North Carolina and has been introduced into smaller areas of South Carolina and Virginia. This is due to the lack of rainfall over the last week. This is likely to get worse on next week’s map because there is almost no chance of rain along the Eastern Seaboard in the next week, although cool temperatures will reduce evaporation. The exception is in Florida, where heavier rains there are likely to wipe out the little abnormally dry (D0) conditions that remain there. In Puerto Rico, there were slight increases in drought and dry conditions.
