Drought
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Yale Climate Connections posted a story this week about the tough decisions that Southern California farmers are having to make after another winter with low rainfalls. One farmer says that she had to cut 100 acres of vegetables last year (out of 350 total) and another 100 this year due to lack of water. She…
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El Niño has been the dominating atmospheric pattern driving the weather and climate in the Southeast for the past few months. Normally, El Niño brings wetter conditions to the region, with cooler conditions caused by the persistent cloudiness. This year has not been a perfect example, since although some areas of the Southeast saw well-above…
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The latest Drought Monitor from this morning shows an expansion in abnormally dry conditions in the Southeast this week. Since we have had little rain and warm temperatures, this is not a surprise. With the heavy rain that has started falling in Alabama and that is expected to move into Georgia, the Carolinas and Florida…
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A few weeks ago I posted an article about a new report on the Effects of Drought on Forests and Rangelands from the US Department of Agriculture. Here is a 4 minute video which describes the report in a little more detail. You can watch it at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kv-SMcnYabw&feature=share.
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While we are not in drought here in the Southeast at the moment (although abnormally dry conditions are expanding in the region due to lack of rainfall and warm temperatures), drought is never far from the mind of farmers. Jeff Masters of Weather Underground published a blog post earlier this month on some civilizations that…
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One of the hopes from this year’s strong El Niño was that it would bring enough rain to make a significant dent in the long-term drought conditions there. But while parts of the Golden State received quite a bit of rain from this winter’s storms, particularly in northern California, the amount that was received was…
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Do you ever get asked about where to get information on 50-year droughts? I got one this week from a fire chief who was looking to certify dry hydrants and needed to know what a 50-year drought looks like. While specific impacts of any drought on a pond or lake vary depending on drainage into…