Drought
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A new study out of the University of California, Davis, discussed earlier in September in Fruit Growers News shows that California grape growers in coastal areas can use less water during times of drought and cut irrigation levels without affecting crop yields or quality. According to FGN, “The findings, published Sept. 1 in the journal…
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The North Carolina State Climate Office has posted a new blog that describes how drought is defined, how the Drought Monitor determines its level, and the problems that it has capturing agricultural drought. They also describe a project looking at how drought is communicated and what they learned about improving communication. You can read it…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released this morning, shows that abnormally dry conditions have been removed from Georgia and shrunk in South Carolina over the last week due to the rain there. There was no change in conditions in North Carolina, Virginia and Puerto Rico. With a completely dry week for a lot of the region…
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The latest Drought Monitor came out today and shows slight increases in abnormally dry (D0) conditions in Georgia and Virginia. However, there were also slight decreases in D0 conditions in North and South Carolina. Overall, just a little increase in D0 coverage across the region as a whole. With the rain this week, we may…
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As you probably know, California is in a massive drought right now, and agricultural producers are struggling to get enough water to sustain their crops. In some cases, they are plowing under the crops or destroying orchards because they don’t have irrigation available to keep them going. This situation is likely to get worse as…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released last week (somehow I missed posting about this earlier) shows an expansion of abnormally dry (D0) conditions across central North Carolina and down into South Carolina and even into Georgia. Those areas were largely missed by the recent tropical disturbances and stayed warm and dry. By comparison, the area of…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released this week Thursday, shows that while most of the Southeast remains free of dry conditions, the moderate (D1) drought in Virginia expanded quite a bit and abnormally dry conditions (D0) expanded in western North Carolina. Those areas have been largely bypassed by all the rain we have had in recent…
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