Drought
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NIDIS is pleased to announce two new interactive features on Drought.gov that will make it easier for decision makers and the public across the U.S. to share timely, reliable drought information. First, new customization and sharing options for all maps make it easier than ever to create custom, high-quality maps to include in drought or risk mitigation…
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What would you do if you had no water for your crops or livestock because of a multi-year drought that has dried up most surface water sources? Some farmers in California are trying to get water through pumping groundwater, but as more people pump, the water tables get lower and it becomes too expensive to…
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In the past few years, the Southeast has experienced two different “flash” droughts (2016-2017 and 2019) These droughts are caused by a combination of almost complete lack of rain and hotter than usual temperatures. The droughts come on quickly and sometime disappear quickly too, but may morph into longer-term drought instead. Flash droughts are particularly…
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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…