Drought
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You might have noticed that the number of wildfires in the Southeast has been creeping up as drought conditions become worse and more widespread. We have seen this in previous droughts, so it is no surprise. This article by Seth Borenstein in The Independent talks about how warmer overnight temperatures and changes in humidity are…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released this morning, shows that the entire region is now covered by abnormally dry conditions or drought. Significant parts of Alabama, Tennessee, and South Carolina have gotten worse while smaller areas of other states had increases in their areas of different drought categories. The only improvements seen in this map occurred…
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The State Climate Office of North Carolina is hosting a webinar this coming Thursday to discuss the latest information about the drought that is affecting the Southeast. While it will focus on North Carolina, I expect that the general information about how the drought began and how it is evolving will be of interest to…
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The latest 7-day QPF map shows conditions that will be as dry as a bone for the next week for the vast majority of the Southeast. Just a few areas show any rain at all and only western Tennessee has a chance of getting anything really substantial. What is worse is that if you look…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released today, shows that drought continued to expand and worsen across the region in spite of some rain that fell on Easter, dampening sunrise services but failing to make much of a dent in the water deficits. The area of exceptional (D4) drought continues to expand in southern Georgia and the…
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The exceptionally warm and dry winter that affected the western US is likely to lead to summer conditions that could be disastrous in the extent of fire and drought that may be experienced. Grist magazine describes the devastating lack of snow cover this year, which usually provides 60-70 percent of the Northwest’s water supply and…
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The latest Drought Monitor map, released last Thursday, shows that drought increased in large parts of the Southeast in the past week due to the lack of rain. The area of exceptional D4 drought increased to over 5% of the region. Less than 3 % of the region has no dry conditions at all. Some…
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