The latest Drought Monitor, released this morning, shows that the extent of moderate drought was reduced in South Carolina and Georgia and removed from Alabama and Florida in response to recent rain and cooler temperatures. With virtually no rain expected in the next week along with very warm temperatures, we…
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This last week has been fairly dry for most of the Southeast. Most states maintained their drought status from last week, but in Georgia, the areas of moderate drought expanded due to warm temperatures and lack of precipitation. Unfortunately, while northern Georgia and other parts of the Southeast will see…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released this morning, shows that for most of the Southeast, the amount of moderate (D1) drought stayed close to what was observed last week. However, in Georgia the moderate drought area increased from 9 to 13 percent. Some areas received rain and lost their drought status…
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The latest Drought Monitor shows slight changes in drought across the region this week in response to the rains of last week. Alabama lost the most dry area, and should continue to see less dry area in next week’s map in response to the rains that are starting to hit…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released this morning, shows that the areas of moderate drought in southeast Alabama, eastern Georgia and southern South Carolina were slightly reduced this week in response to rains over the last week. I expect to see more improvements in next week’s map due to rains expected…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released this morning, shows that moderate drought has expanded in the Southeast this week as warm temperatures and scant rainfall did not help improve dry conditions. The biggest increase in drought came in southern Alabama, where the area of moderate drought nearly doubled from last week….
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