This week’s Drought Monitor, released this morning, shows that the area of moderate (D1) drought expanded significantly in North Carolina in the hot and dry conditions seen in the past couple of weeks. Drought also expanded in Florida, South Carolina, and Virginia. Small areas of abnormally dry (D0) conditions were also reintroduced to Alabama and Georgia. There was a very small decrease in dry conditions in Puerto Rico this week. Rainfall amounts in the next week will be fairly moderate and are unlikely to provide much if any relief.
