Drought
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As you might expect, some of our region has experienced an increase in abnormally dry conditions in the latest Drought Monitor, released this morning. While severe drought has not changed or slightly decreased (in NC), other areas have seen abnormally dry (D0) conditions expand under the heat and lack of rainfall. In Virginia, Florida, and…
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I am not a fan of spicy food but I know some of you are. Here is a consequence of the California drought that you might not have seen–a shortage of the spicy Sriracha hot sauce that many people use in Asian cooking due to the failure of the red chile pepper crop in California…
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You may have heard or read about the lengthy drought that has been impacting the western US over the last decade or two. Since written records only go back into the 1800s, scientists use tree rings to provide proxy data that can help identify when rainfall was scant, since trees don’t grow much in a…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released today, shows that drought expanded in North and South Carolina and Georgia but was reduced in other Southeastern states due to the pattern of rainfall this past week. Drought also expanded significantly in Puerto Rico, where over 60 percent of the island is now in moderate (D1) drought.
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The latest Drought Monitor, released today, shows that while the area of drought only contracted slightly, the area of abnormally dry (D0) conditions was cut substantially by the recent rain, as expected, especially in the mountains. We may see further reductions in drought this week based on the showery activity that we have seen tonight.…
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After a shift in the weather pattern, we are now back in conditions that are more conducive to rain. Most of us are quite glad to see it after our dry spell! One of the results in this change is that recent rainfall has cut back on the amount of abnormally dry (D0) and moderate…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released today, shows that there were big increases in abnormally dry (D0) conditions in Alabama and Georgia. Florida and Georgia saw increases in severe (D2) drought, which continued in the Carolinas as well. Virginia was the only state that saw a decrease in dry conditions this week. Puerto Rico also had…
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