Drought
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Because of the almost complete lack of rainfall coupled with high temperatures, today’s Drought Monitor has introduced an area of severe (D2) drought to eastern sections of North and South Carolina and moderate (D1) has significantly expanded in Virginia and slightly in southern Florida. Not much improvement is expected this week since rain should be…
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This week’s Drought Monitor, released this morning, shows that the area of moderate (D1) drought expanded significantly in North Carolina in the hot and dry conditions seen in the past couple of weeks. Drought also expanded in Florida, South Carolina, and Virginia. Small areas of abnormally dry (D0) conditions were also reintroduced to Alabama and…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released today, show that abnormally dry conditions (D0) have expanded in eastern Virginia as well as slight increases in the Carolinas and Florida, but there was little increase in drought overall. With almost no rain and temperatures well above normal in the next week, we can expect those to expand on…
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The eastern parts of North and South Carolina and Virginia have been missed by a lot of the recent rains, and so an area of moderate (D1) drought has developed in parts of that region. Since they were so wet last year, it has been a while since they had to deal with dry conditions.…
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Drought and Water Monthly Webinar + Evaporative Demand Drought Index OverviewTuesday, May 25, 2021 at 1 pm ET The webinar will provide updated information on the climate, water, and drought status of the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint (ACF) River Basin. This drought assessment webinar is brought to you by the Auburn University Water Resources Center and the National Integrated…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released today, shows that a new area of moderate (D1) drought was introduced to parts of South and North Carolina this week. They have been missed by most of the recent rains that wiped out the dry conditions in Alabama and Georgia. The drought in South Florida expanded very slightly but…
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UPDATE: Webinar recording can be found here. Share this recap using the online version. This is a quick reminder that the special topic for this week’s SE Climate Webinar series on May 11th at 10am is…drought! We have TWO guest speakers: USDM author Brad Pugh – a brief overview of the USDM process and product (15-20…