The latest Drought Monitor, released this morning, shows very slight decreases in drought this week, with most places receiving welcome rain (or snow). We don’t expect a lot of big changes in the next week, either.
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Drought posts
The latest Drought Monitor released yesterday shows that the moderate drought which has been affecting parts of the Southeast expanded by more than 50% since the last DM. Now more than half of Georgia is in moderate drought and other states have also seen increases in their drought levels. Since…
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If you’ve been following the drought posts on this blog, you know that moderate drought is expanding across the Southeast. But sometimes the map doesn’t capture the full picture of what is going on in the ground because no one is there to report it. The Drought Monitor authors would…
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The latest monthly climate outlook from NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center, released earlier this week, shows that much of the eastern US are likely to be colder than normal. The coldest air will enter the Southeast around December 7 and should linger for at least a week. While there are equal…
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AgWeb posted a really good and complete description of all of the weather and climate events that have affected agriculture across the US in 2017 by Anna-Lisa Laca. It includes the hurricanes and March frost in the Southeast as well as flooding in central areas of the country and the…
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The latest Drought Monitor released this morning indicates that moderate drought is continuing to expand through the Southeast. Since most places received little to no rain in the last seven days, this is not a big surprise. For the next week, the Florida peninsula is expected to receive no rain…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released early today because of Thanksgiving, shows that the amount of moderate drought in the Southeast has more than doubled in areal coverage since last week. Not surprising considering that most areas have seen little to no rain. Drought is now present in every state in…
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