Drought
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I am sitting here at my house listening to thunder roar and the rain pour down. Serves me right for talking about drought expanding this week! I want to show you from my own experience why networks like CoCoRaHS are so important. The map below shows the radar-estimated storm total rainfall from the NWS Peachtree…
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Haaretz.com posted a story this week describing the severe drought which has affected northern parts of Israel, resulting in nearly record low levels on the Sea of Galilee. The low amounts of precipitation over the last three years have dropped the lake levels precipitously, and if it drops another five feet they will have to…
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This morning’s new Drought Monitor shows that while the total drought area decreased slightly from last week, the area of severe drought expanded in Georgia and Alabama. With the high pressure center parked over us and excessive heat and little rain forecast for this weekend, the drought is likely to expand further in next week’s…
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The latest Drought Monitor shows an significant expansion of severe drought in both Alabama and Georgia. Dry conditions early in June and a miss by Tropical Storm Colin coupled with very warm temperatures has allowed severe drought to grow, expanding south from the northern portions of those states into the Birmingham and Atlanta areas. Hot…
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The latest Drought Monitor map today shows that moderate drought expanded south in Alabama over the last week, while other areas of the Southeast did not change their drought coverage. Alabama was largely missed by rain from Tropical Storm Colin and has seen little rain over the last week. The area of moderate drought expanded…
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With dry conditions expanding in Alabama and northwest Georgia, farmers are worried about reductions in yields that could cost them dearly this year. AgWeb ran a story this week by the Associated Press detailing some of the concerns that Alabama farmers have with the declining moisture. You can read it here.
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While record-setting rain fell in Savannah, most of Georgia suffered from a lack of rainfall in May. The result: drought expanded across the state, and severe drought was introduced into the northwest corner of the state by the end of the month. Temperatures at most locations were near normal in May. In Atlanta, the monthly…