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  • Latest Drought Monitor shows some improvements in northern areas but worsening conditions in the south

    Pam Knox

    The latest Drought Monitor, released last week Thursday, show some slight improvements in northern parts of the region but conditions that are getting worse in southern parts of the region. The improvements were driven by rainfall of an inch or more with 2-3 inches in a few scattered spots. I was surprised that they made…

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  • Drought increases except in Virginia

    Pam Knox

    The latest Drought Monitor, released today, shows that recent rain has decreased the amount of drought in Virginia but everywhere else in the region saw worsening conditions with the expansion of extreme drought in several states. Florida is now completely in drought, with 67% of the state in extreme (D3) drought. It has been missed…

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  • Extreme drought continues to expand

    Pam Knox

    The latest Drought Monitor, released today, shows that drought continues to expand and get worse across most of the region. There were a few slight improvements in Alabama, South Carolina, and Virginia, but in the other states the drought got quite a bit worse. The biggest improvement was in western Tennessee, which saw significant rain…

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  • Spring outlook leans slightly to warmer and drier than normal conditions

    Pam Knox

    NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center issued their forecast for the March through May 2026 period today. The outlook shows that they predict a slightly better than even chance of warmer than normal temperatures. The precipitation signal shows a slight tendency towards drier than normal conditions in the southern part of our region, but there is no…

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  • Area of extreme drought doubles this week

    Pam Knox

    The latest Drought Monitor, released this morning, shows that drought has expanded across the region this week. The area of extreme (D3) drought has doubled, and only three percent of the region has no drought at all. The largest area of extreme drought is in southern Georgia and northern Florida, where dry conditions cover most…

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  • United States Drought Monitor 101 Webinar

    Pam Knox

    The U. S. Drought Monitor is offering a webinar on the basics of how the Drought Monitor maps are made on February 12 at 3 pm EST. This webinar will cover who the authors are, where they get the data that the maps are based on, and how the map is created each week. You…

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  • Drought conditions increase in Florida, Georgia, and Virginia

    Pam Knox

    The latest Drought Monitor, released today, shows that the area of extreme (D3) drought expanded in south-central Georgia and quite a bit of northern Florida this week. Rain has been light to non-existent this week, leading to the decreases. There was a small area of improvement in central Alabama due to more rain there from…

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