Drought
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The latest Drought Monitor, released today, shows only a few small changes in the map compared to last week, with slight increases in drought area overall. There were a few small areas of improvement in Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, and Virginia. There was no change in the Puerto Rico map, with less than one percent of…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released last week Thursday, show some slight improvements in northern parts of the region but conditions that are getting worse in southern parts of the region. The improvements were driven by rainfall of an inch or more with 2-3 inches in a few scattered spots. I was surprised that they made…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released today, shows that recent rain has decreased the amount of drought in Virginia but everywhere else in the region saw worsening conditions with the expansion of extreme drought in several states. Florida is now completely in drought, with 67% of the state in extreme (D3) drought. It has been missed…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released today, shows that drought continues to expand and get worse across most of the region. There were a few slight improvements in Alabama, South Carolina, and Virginia, but in the other states the drought got quite a bit worse. The biggest improvement was in western Tennessee, which saw significant rain…
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NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center issued their forecast for the March through May 2026 period today. The outlook shows that they predict a slightly better than even chance of warmer than normal temperatures. The precipitation signal shows a slight tendency towards drier than normal conditions in the southern part of our region, but there is no…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released this morning, shows that drought has expanded across the region this week. The area of extreme (D3) drought has doubled, and only three percent of the region has no drought at all. The largest area of extreme drought is in southern Georgia and northern Florida, where dry conditions cover most…
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