Drought
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This week’s Drought Monitor showed that rain in Alabama has removed the moderate (D1) drought and a good bit of the abnormally dry conditions there. It also reduced dry conditions in Georgia. There are now two small areas of D1 in southern Florida, but overall dry conditions did not expand. There is also a new…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released this morning, shows that the area of moderate drought (D1) in Alabama has contracted due to more rain in that state. But a small area of D1 was added to the far southwestern corner of Florida, and abnormally dry (D0) conditions expanded in both Florida and Georgia. Rain this week…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released this morning, shows that abnormally dry conditions expanded substantially in Florida over the last week, while the moderate drought in Alabama and Puerto Rico slightly decreased. Georgia’s abnormally dry conditions stayed about the same. Not much rain is expected in Florida for the next week, so we could see D0…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released this morning, shows that while drought did not expand in Alabama, abnormally dry conditions expanded in Alabama, Florida, and Georgia with little rain and warm temperatures making for pleasant but dry weather. Now that plants are coming out of dormancy and temperatures are going up, we can expect to see…
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Have you ever heard the term “flash drought” and wondered where it came from? It turns out that it has only been around for about 20 years, but is being used more and more to describe a drought that comes on quickly and severely. If you are interested, you might like to read this article…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released this morning, shows that the area of moderate (D1) drought in southwest Alabama has more than doubled in size since last week’s map. Areas of abnormally dry (D0) conditions have also expanded. With no rain expected in the next week, it would not surprise me if we see further expansions…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released earlier this week, shows that the recent rains have removed the abnormally dry conditions (D0) that were western North Carolina and in Georgia and have reduced them in Florida. Moderate drought (D1) and abnormally dry conditions also shrunk in Alabama. With this week’s rain, I expect to see more decrease…
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