The latest 7-day QPF forecast shows that for most inland parts of the Southeast, rainfall in the next week will be less than half an inch, well below normal even for this dry time of year. Jeff Cook, extension agent in central Georgia, points out in his Three Rivers Ag blog that the dry conditions have made it tough for peanut farmers to dig their peanuts because the ground is too hard to break with a plow. You can read his comments at https://site.extension.uga.edu/threerivers/2016/09/much-of-our-peanut-harvest-depends-on-a-rain/. The continued dry and warm conditions will not improve drought conditions in northeast Georgia and may degrade them in the next Drought Monitor on Thursday.
Meanwhile, the rain in the Florida peninsula is linked to Invest 93L, which is currently headed that way. It has a low chance of developing into a tropical storm but is likely to bring rain to the area by early next week.
