Drought
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The Drought Monitor released this morning shows that extreme drought (D3) has expanded from 7.4 percent of the state’s area to over 11 percent in the last week. Most of the expansion occurred in counties to the southeast of the Atlanta metro area, although there was also some expansion in the far northwest. The northwestern…
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Water Conservation and Drought Awareness: Information about the Georgia EPD Drought Level 1 Response
Fifty three counties in Georgia are currently designated by EPD as in a Drought Response level 1. Earlier this week I discussed what the difference between different agencies’ drought designations mean. Today Greg Huber of UGA’s Center for Urban Agriculture has published some information about water conservation efforts and the current drought response level 1…
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We will soon enter the last quarter of 2016, and the Climate Prediction Center has just released their latest set of updates for fall and winter. What do they show us in the Southeast? Predictions for the end of September continue to show warmer than normal temperatures for most of the rest of the month.…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released this morning, shows that in many areas of the Southeast except those affected by Hermine and Julia, abnormally dry conditions have expanded. This includes parts of southeast Georgia, southern Alabama, and western North Carolina and Virginia. Florida and South Carolina did not change. Extreme drought expanded in the area south…
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We’ve been getting some questions about the differences between the USDA drought declaration, the State of Georgia drought response, and the Drought Monitor drought status. I thought I would take a minute to discuss the differences between them. If you are not in Georgia, check with your own state for their rules regarding categorizing drought action…
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WABE radio reported today that Georgia’s Environmental Protection Division has officially declared a Level 1 drought for Atlanta and northern Georgia, 53 counties in all. While the Drought Monitor has shown drought in this area for several months, conditions have lingered and impacts have become severe enough for the State to make an official drought declaration.…
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As expected, the passage of Hurricane and then Tropical Storm Hermine across northern Florida and southeastern Georgia and the coastal Carolinas eliminated many abnormally dry areas and reduced drought in those regions. However, in other parts of the Southeast, drought conditions generally remained the same as last week. Since precipitation amounts are expected to be…
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