Drought
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There are few changes to the Drought Monitor map this week, with nearly all the dry conditions confined to North Carolina and Virginia. The area of moderate (D1) drought in western Virginia expanded slightly and abnormally dry conditions in NC also grew a bit, but really not much change from last week. Not much change…
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In this blog I try to provide information about agriculture both in and outside of the Southeast, because markets and weather know no boundaries. Here is a good summary article in Bloomberg that describes a lot of the different extreme weather events that are affecting agriculture and food supplies around the world. Unfortunately, it may…
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The ACF Basin is drought-free according to the most current U.S. Drought Monitor (data as of 7/20/2021). Webinar recording can be found here.Next month’s ACF Drought and Water Webinar is on Tuesday, August 24, 2021 at 1:00pm ET.Register here for upcoming ACF monthly webinars. Sign up for ACF drought list here. July Key PointsACF Climate Conditions and OutlooksTropical Storms Danny…
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There have been many stories about extreme weather around the world in the news over the last few weeks. Here are a couple that you might not have seen. Phys.org: Glacial melt in High Mountain Asia accelerating as summers warm Science: Europe’s deadly floods leave scientists stunned All About Feed: Abnormal heatwave in Russia threatens…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released this morning, shows, that most areas of abnormally dry (D0) conditions remain the same, but that a small area of moderate (D1) drought was added to central Virginia this week. There were no changes to the Puerto Rico map, either. With relatively light amounts of rain expected in the next…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released this morning, shows that abnormally dry (D0) conditions in Virginia, North and South Carolina have contracted due to recent rains from TS Elsa and frontal activity. The small area of D0 in southern Florida did not change. Abnormally dry conditions in Puerto Rico also shrunk but the area of moderate…
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There have been a lot of stories about heat and drought across the world over the last couple of weeks. Here are some of the ones that I thought were the most interesting. The Guardian: In California’s interior, there’s no escape from the desperate heat: ‘Why are we even here?’ Idaho Statesman: Amid drought, thousands…