Drought
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With the drought in northern Alabama and Georgia hitting some crops hard and putting stress on others as well as on livestock, farmers are looking at better ways to cope with the lack of rainfall that seems to hit the Southeast every few years. The Southeast Farm Press posted a story this week about the…
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The northwest part of Georgia is not the only part of the country that is dealing with severe impacts of drought this year. Extreme drought has also appeared in upstate New York, where dairy is one of the main industries. Dairy farmers there, like the livestock producers in northern Georgia and Alabama, are being forced…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released this morning, indicates an expansion of extreme drought in the Atlanta metro region, but otherwise slight decreases or no change in the Southeast. Cooler temperatures which are expected to return to the area this weekend should help reduce stress on plants and animals, but dry conditions are expected to continue…
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The latest Drought Monitor shows that scattered showers reduced dry conditions in some areas of the Southeast, while others were unchanged. Extreme drought expanded into a small part of South Carolina. You can get the numbers at https://www.droughtmonitor/unl.edu.
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My lasat weekly Saturday blog post said this would be a wetter week, and that some areas would get a ton of rain. So far, those predictions have not really materialized. Several people have asked me and other meteorologists, Why not? It’s worth looking at the weather to see where the forecast has fallen short.…
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The Drought Monitor released this morning shows a continued expansion of extreme drought as well as abnormally dry conditions around the Southeast. This is not surprising considering how hot the weather has been and scattered nature of the rainfall from thunderstorms. More rain is expected this week and temperatures should be a little cooler so…
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As expected, the new Drought Monitor this morning shows a small expansion of extreme drought in northwestern Georgia and northern Alabama. Abnormally dry conditions also appeared in northern Virginia and the east coast of Florida this week. Since temperatures continue to be hot and precipitation below normal, this is likely to expand again in next…
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