Drought
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The latest Drought Monitor, released earlier today, shows that the area of severe (D2) drought has been eliminated from Florida but elsewhere in the Southeast abnormally dry (D0) conditions have expanded. Florida and South Carolina are the only states that have not seen an increase in dry conditions. Moderate drought (D1) expanded in Virginia and…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released today, shows that the drought conditions in Florida are improving after recent rains from TS Arlene and other storms. In most other areas of the region, abnormally dry patches have appeared or increased in area in the past week due to the lack of rain. I am starting to get…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released today, shows that extreme (D3) drought is now gone from the western coast of Florida, although severe drought remains. In Virginia, moderate (D1) drought expanded along the northern border. In other areas there was a slight decrease in abnormally dry (D0) conditions. Rain in the coming week due to the…
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A new research study shows that flash droughts are becoming more likely across the world, causing negative impacts on agriculture and food production everywhere. And it’s not just agriculture but energy production and water supplies that can also be at risk. Some methods like precision agriculture and improved temperature and precipitation forecasts can help farmers…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released today, shows that all of the states with abnormally dry conditions (D0) last week have experienced improvements that reduced dry levels. In Alabama, all dry conditions are now eliminated and in other states, they now cover less area. In Florida, drought conditions were slightly decreased from last week. Puerto Rico…
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A new journal article on forecasts of drought at extended time scales in the Western US has just been released by Water Resources Research. It discusses the use of machine learning to predict drought in the western half of the country at spatial scales as small as 4 km in size up to three months…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released earlier this week, shows that the area of D3 extreme drought on the west coast of Florida expanded somewhat over the week, but most other states just saw minor changes in abnormally dry (D0) conditions. A rainier week ahead in Florida is likely to reduce some of the drought conditions…
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