Drought
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The latest Drought Monitor, released today, shows a decrease in drought across the region. This was expected because of the significant amount of rain that we saw in the last week. The only increase was a minor amount of abnormally dry conditions (D0) in Virginia. More rain in the next week everywhere except for the…
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Today’s Drought Monitor shows that there were only slight changes in the status of abnormally dry conditions and drought across the region. The biggest change was a slight decrease in the area of severe (D2) drought in the southern counties of Georgia. I expect to see more improvement in next week’s map with the rain…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released today, shows that recent rains have improved moisture conditions in Alabama and the Florida Panhandle. However, the rain largely missed coastal areas of NE Florida, Georgia, and the Carolinas, leading to worsening conditions there. The rain from Thursday’s storms may provide some needed moisture, but the line of storms is…
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The latest Drought Monitor was released today. It shows only slight decreases in drought over the last two weeks. Since temperature was so low for a lot of it and some rainfall (and snow flurries!) but not a lot, that is not surprising. Since quite a bit of rain fell since the data cutoff on…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released today, shows that northern areas that received a lot of rain last week generally saw an improvement in dry conditions, but other areas that did not receive much rain are showing an expansion of drought and dry conditions. The biggest increase in severe (D2) drought coverage is in the Florida…
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There is a new summary publication on drought planning across the Southeast United States that you might find useful. It is based on interviews with a number of folks across the region, including me, and written by Kirsten Lackstrom of the University of South Carolina and supported by NOAA and USC. You might be surprised…
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As expected, the copious rain in the northern part of our region has significantly reduced drought in those areas, with most severe (D2) drought being removed. In the southern part of the region and especially in the Florida panhandle, the severe drought remains and expanded just slightly. Western parts of the Panhandle may see some…
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