Drought
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The latest Drought Monitor was released today and shows that the areas of the highest category of drought were reduced this week due to increases in rain through the driest areas. Most of the improvements occurred before the passage of the remains of TS Erika, which occurred after the September 1 cut-off, so more improvements…
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Precipitation across Georgia in August 2015 varied from over ten inches near the coast and in north central Georgia to less than 2 inc hes in the southwest corner of the state. A few isolated areas received over 15 inches during the month, according to CoCoRaHS observers. Temperatures were very close to normal across the state. The…
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The last 30 days have been very wet in parts of Florida, although the southern tip is quite dry and is in extreme drought. The map below from https://water.weather.gov/precip shows that some areas of western Florida north and south of Tampa have an excess of 8 inches in just the last month. If the path…
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How much are the losses from the California drought? Economists have various estimates depending on how the losses are tallied. The Fiscal Times estimates that the direct losses from fallowed land that is not in production are around $1.8 billion. But they also point out that if the estimated number of acres of land not…
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The latest Drought Monitor, issued this morning, shows an area of severe drought has developed in east-central Georgia in Screven, Jenkins, and Bulloch Counties. This area is an extension of the severe drought which has been present in the Carolinas for the last few weeks. The drought expansion is due to the continuation of warm…
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USA Today published an article yesterday looking at the “flash” drought that is currently occurring in the southern US. If you’ve never heard of the term “flash drought”, then you should know this is a term climatologists use for a drought which comes on very quickly and shows almost immediate impacts to crops and livestock.…
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Shane Curry, the author of the Appling County Crop E News, had an interesting article this week about the unfilled ears of corn they are seeing in some locations as they harvest their fields. It discusses the problems caused by high temperatures and low humidity associated with dry conditions that affected the corn plants this…