Drought
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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…
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Another week with little rain has led to the introduction of severe drought into parts of northeast Alabama and northwest Georgia. Moderate drought also expanded in Alabama with the continuing dry conditions. Unfortunately, the Climate Prediction Center has predicted more dry conditions in that area in the month of June, so no respite is immediately…
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Due to rain in the Southeast this week, drought decreased in area in the Carolinas and dry conditions also contracted in Georgia and were eliminated in Florida. But Alabama missed the most beneficial rains and drought conditions expanded there from 8 to 13 percent of the state. You can view your own area at https://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/Home.aspx.
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The new Drought Monitor which came out this morning shows a slight expansion of moderate drought across the Southeast. Most states maintained their status quo, but moderate drought expanded into northeast Alabama and abnormally dry conditions there now cover most of the northern half of the state. A change in the atmospheric circulation pattern over…
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Because of the dry conditions in the Carolinas in April, forest fires caused a lot of problems. Here is a write-up of efforts by the North Carolina Forest Service and the State Climate Office of North Carolina to use past weather to help fight the fires this past month.