Drought
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Much of the Southeast has been under the influence of a large dome of high pressure that has brought very hot and dry weather to most of the region. This has resulted in increases in abnormally dry (D0) and moderate drought (D1) in most of the region. A large area of moderate drought has been…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released earlier this week, shows that abnormally dry (D0) conditions expanded in most states this week with the exception of Georgia, which saw reduced coverage due to recent rains. Small areas of moderate drought (D1) were added to North Carolina and Alabama, and drought expanded slightly in Florida this week. There…
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This week’s Drought Monitor shows only small changes in drought status this week across the Southeast. There was a slight Sincrease in severe drought in Florida but otherwise not much change. There was no change at all in Puerto Rico this week. I don’t expect to see a lot of changes in next week’s map…
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In spring 2016, northeastern Alabama and northwestern Georgia experienced a dry spell that was nearly a month long. It occurred right during the pollination stage for corn there. The lack of moisture led to spotty pollination because the silks were too dry to capture pollen. Some fields were total losses, and others had such poor…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released earlier today, shows only slight changes from last week. Abnormally dry conditions have been added to parts of Georgia, South Carolina, and Alabama, and there have been some minor improvements in drought in Virginia, but otherwise there is not much change. With quite a bit of rain in the next…
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The latest Drought Monitor was released today, and it shows that while the total amount of drought had very small changes across the region, a narrow band of extreme (D3) drought has been identified along the Florida Coast just south of Tampa due to high temperatures and continuing lack of rainfall. In Puerto Rico, the…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released today, shows very minor changes to the drought status across the Southeast this week. There was a slight improvement in the north and a slight increase in drought in Florida as well as no changes in Puerto Rico. Rainfall should be quite light in the northern half of the region,…
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