Drought
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The latest Drought Monitor, released this morning, shows that overall the amount of drought in most of the region has decreased in response to rain this week. In Virginia, moderate drought expanded as they were largely missed by the heaviest rain. In Florida, the extreme drought decreased in area as more rain returned to the…
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National Integrated Drought Information SystemDrought.gov The National Flash Drought Forum will be held in Boulder CO on May 2-4, 2023. It will provide background into the causes and detection of flash drought from a variety of perspectives around the country. As you may recall, flash drought is a rapid-onset event that often occurs with little…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released today, shows a slow expansion of drought over northern parts of the region in the last week. There was a slight improvement in Alabama with the removal of a sliver of moderate (D1) drought and reductions in drought in Georgia. South Carolina saw an expansion in abnormally dry conditions but…
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Drought increased significantly in Florida this week with the introduction of extreme (D3) in the peninsula, which was largely skipped by rain this week. Moderate (D1) drought also expanded in eastern Virginia this week. North Carolina saw increases in abnormally dry conditions. Other states saw only minor changes in drought status this week. Puerto Rico…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released this morning, shows that the drought in Florida deepened from moderate (D1) to severe (D2) in the south. Abnormally dry conditions (D0) expanded in Virginia, North and South Carolina, and two small areas of moderate drought were introduced to NC this week due to continuing lack of rainfall. Moderate drought…
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Are you interested in learning more about flash drought or describing how it has affected your community? You may be interested in attending this upcoming workshop on flash drought to be held in Boulder CO on May 2-4. I plan to attend and hope to see a few of you there. Information on the workshop…
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NIDIS (National Integrated Drought Information System) has provided an online dashboard of current drought and water conditions in the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River system for use in monitoring ongoing conditions in the Alabama/Georgia/Florida river basin. You can visit the dashboard at https://www.drought.gov/watersheds/acf-dashboard and sign up for their newsletter as well as see the current and predicted future…