The latest Drought Monitor, released today, shows that rain in Florida and in eastern Georgia improved drought conditions there. However, the lack of rain in northern Alabama, the Carolinas, Tennessee and Virginia caused some degradation of drought conditions there. On the latest map, over 50% of the region is covered by drought, and 83% is covered by drought or abnormally dry conditions. A weak low off the East Coast should bring rain to the eastern Carolinas and Virginia, reducing drought there in next week’s map. In other areas, not much rain is expected and it will be hot, so no improvements are likely and some further worsening is possible.
