The EcoWatch newsletter posted a story this week about the impacts of the exceptional drought in the Southwestern US on water supplies in the Colorado River basin. Lake Mead, the largest reservoir on the river, has not been at full pool since 1983, but in recent years has been much…
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The tropical system which has been moving north through the Southeast this week has reduced severe drought in southern Florida in the latest Drought Monitor map, but drought in other areas remained the same as of the cutoff date on this past Tuesday. The rain that has fallen since then…
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Phys.org posted a article at the beginning of May on the terrible droughts that have occurred in Australia in recent years. According to tree ring and other paleoclimate studies, these droughts may have been the worst that continent experienced in the last 800 years. You can see a good video…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released this morning, shows that there have been slight increases in moderate drought in Alabama, Florida, Georgia and South Carolina this week. This is the result of mainly dry conditions coupled with warm temperatures over the past week. With little rain expected in the next five…
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The latest Drought Monitor shows that drought across the region was reduced. Severe drought is now completely gone from South Carolina and reduced in Georgia and Florida. Rain amounts in the next week are expected to be relatively light, so no big changes are expected to next week’s map. The…
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The latest outlook maps from the Climate Prediction Center show an increased chance of above normal temperatures across the country in May. Precipitation in the Southeast shows a tendency towards drier than normal conditions in the Tennessee River Valley, which is consistent with recent research showing the highest likelihood of…
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Heavy rainfall over the last week has put a significant dent in severe drought conditions in Georgia and South Carolina, reducing it by half. Other categories of drought and dry conditions were also reduced in those states. No change was seen in North Carolina, Virginia and Alabama. Southern Florida missed…
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