Drought
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The dry conditions we have seen over the last few weeks remained in place through the Drought Monitor map cutoff on Tuesday. This resulted in widespread increases in the amount of area covered by abnormally dry (D0) and moderate drought (D1). A small area of severe drought (D2) was introduced to the northwestern part of…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released earlier this week, shows that there has been a significant expansion of moderate (D1) drought in most of the region this week, especially in Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina. This is due to the lack of rain last week and the warm temperatures. Since these conditions are likely to continue…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released today, shows that abnormally dry (D0) conditions have expanded to cover more than 40% of the region, and moderate drought (D1) has been introduced to or expanded in every state except for Virginia. The presence of high pressure over the region coupled with warm temperatures and little rain led to…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released this morning, shows that most areas in the Southeast did not see any change in drought status. However, in Florida the area of abnormally dry (D0) conditions expanded quite a bit, and in Georgia a small area of moderate (D1) drought was added to the coast just south of Savannah.…
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While we have been fairly wet here in the Southeast, in many other parts of the world they are experiencing much drier conditions and drought. Here is a story from Morning Ag Clips discussing the impacts of severe drought on crops in Spain and Portugal. I was surprised to read that there has been almost…
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Happily, we are not in a drought in most of the Southeast right now, but sooner or later we will go into another one? Will it be this year? Too early to say. But here’s some new research that looks at the impacts of tropical storm rainfall on droughts in the eastern half of the…
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Register now for March 1 & 2! No cost to attend. These technical workshops will explore flash drought and soil moisture in the Southeast context. The focus is on information-sharing among those active in flash drought or soil moisture monitoring, research, and applications development, although the meetings are open to all interested parties. Outcomes will help…