Drought
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The latest Drought Monitor, released today, shows that drought expanded in most of the region this week due to warm temperatures and the nearly complete absence of rain. In west central Alabama and southwest Georgia, the areas of extreme (D3) drought nearly doubled and the extreme drought expanded into the Florida Panhandle, which is experiencing…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released today, shows that drought has gotten worse in many parts of the region, including northern Florida, all of Alabama and Georgia, and the Carolinas. Drought conditions have been reduced in eastern Virginia and central Tennessee, which experienced more rain in the past week than other states. Southern Florida is also…
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The Southeast has been very dry the past few weeks and drought has increased across the region. I have heard of numerous livestock producers having to feed hay because the pastures have dried up. This is especially bad this time of year because the farmers were hoping to get one last hay cutting to help…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released this morning, shows that drought has expanded in every state of the Southeast this week. The cutoff date for data was Tuesday, so this did not include any effect of the rain we have been experiencing today. The only places that saw improvements were southern Florida and Puerto Rico. Due…
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The latest monthly and seasonal climate outlooks for the United States were released today. They show that for both October and the October through December period, warmer than normal conditions are likely across the region. They also show that drier than normal conditions are expected in a lot of the region for the last three…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released this morning, shows that abnormally dry (D0) conditions expanded across a lot of the region and moderate (D1) drought appeared in central and northern Virginia as well as expanded in Alabama this week due to the lack of rain. The only place where drought decreased was along the East Coast…
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The lack of rain over the last week has led to a big increase in the area with abnormally dry (D0) conditions in the region, especially in Virginia and North Carolina. There was some expansion in Tennessee, Alabama, and Georgia as well. There was also some small improvements in drought conditions in southern Alabama and…
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