The latest Drought Monitor, released this morning, shows that the rain received in parts of the Southeast this past week has resulted in a decrease in drought and dry conditions in South Carolina and Georgia. However, areas that were missed by the rain continue in drought. An area of severe…
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Since the beginning of the month, severe drought was added to the Southeast. Thanks for your comments to the Drought Reporter! But heavy rains since then caused the DM to reduce the amount of D2 drought in the region.  This coming week should be mostly dry so I don’t expect…
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The record-setting hot temperatures and the almost complete lack of rain this week have led to the expansion of moderate drought and abnormally dry conditions across the region. Moderate drought was introduced in southeastern Alabama and North Carolina and expanded in Georgia and South Carolina. No severe drought is identified…
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As expected, the moderate drought and abnormally dry conditions have expanded across a lot of the Southeast in the past week. Little rainfall coupled with much warmer than normal temperatures have caused the expansion of abnormally dry conditions in eastern North Carolina and in parts of Alabama. Conditions in Florida…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released this morning, shows that the extent of moderate drought was reduced in South Carolina and Georgia and removed from Alabama and Florida in response to recent rain and cooler temperatures. With virtually no rain expected in the next week along with very warm temperatures, we…
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This last week has been fairly dry for most of the Southeast. Most states maintained their drought status from last week, but in Georgia, the areas of moderate drought expanded due to warm temperatures and lack of precipitation. Unfortunately, while northern Georgia and other parts of the Southeast will see…
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