Drought
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Recent rains have continued to reduce drought coverage in most of the Southeast, with drought eliminated from South Carolina and nearly all gone from Georgia. Dry conditions are expanding in Virginia and in Alabama, especially in the northwest part of the state closest to the western drought that is affecting a lot of the middle…
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The rainier conditions this past week have helped continue to reduce the drought intensity and areal coverage across the Southeast, with many areas reverting back to no drought conditions where the rain was heaviest. This trend is expected to continue on next week’s map due to more rain falling this week. In Puerto Rico, there…
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As you probably know, the multi-year drought in the Southwestern U. S. has had profound negative consequences for farmers there. The folks who control water supplies are making cuts to irrigation water that are decreasing or stopping water deliveries to some farmers, leaving them with no irrigation for their crops. The scarce water has to…
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The last seven days of rain have put a significant dent in the drought that has been plaguing the Southeast for the past few weeks. Every state and Puerto Rico saw lower coverage of drought this week, and the most severe drought was also reduced in intensity in most places except far NW Alabama. Seasonal…
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The USDM expanded its website capabilities in late June with the addition of county-level statistics on drought to their maps. When you go to their current map at https://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/CurrentMap.aspx and click down through region to state map and then click on your county, you will see a table of drought statistics for that county farther…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released this morning, shows a patchwork of improvements and degradations across the region depending on whether an area got hit or missed by the spotty rains. Overall, the percent of the region affected by drought had only minor changes. You can see the change map at https://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/Maps/ChangeMaps.aspx. Alabama improved overall but…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released this morning, shows a big expansion in the areas of moderate (D1) and severe (D2) drought along with increases in abnormally dry conditions (D0). Even so, I think they missed some areas that should really be in drought and am working to let the authors know for next week. The…
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