Drought

  • The latest Drought Monitor, released this morning, shows that abnormally dry (D0) have expanded in southeastern Georgia into the far northeast part of Florida. However, D0 coverage has decreased in South Carolina due to more recent rains. No big changes are expected for next week’s map.

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  • The latest Drought Monitor, released this morning, shows that there have been very slight increases in the area covered by abnormally dry (D0) conditions in Georgia and South Carolina this week. With the rain from TS Eta falling yesterday and today, I expect that will decrease in next week’s map.

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  • The latest Drought Monitor, released today, shows that due to the rain from Zeta, all abnormally dry (D0) conditions are gone from Alabama. Isolated areas of D0 also remain in Puerto Rico. dry conditions in Georgia were slightly reduced. Not much change is expected in next week’s map since most rain will occur on the…

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  • This monthly rainfall map for the Southeast was provided by the Southeast Regional Climate Center using Multisensor Precipitation Estimates. You can find similar maps based on radar-estimated rainfall at https://water.weather.gov/precip/. You can see the tracks of Delta and Zeta and also some rains of over 20 inches in southeast Florida, which is setting records for…

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  • NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center released their final outlook for November yesterday. It shows that for the Southeast, warmer and drier conditions than normal are expected through the month, although there will be some cold periods, including tomorrow morning, which see frost in northern and more elevated parts of the region. This is expected due to…

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  • October 2020 is almost over. The maps from the High Plain Regional Climate Center are showing that precipitation across the region is pretty close to normal, with above normal values in the northern half where tropical rain has fallen, and below normal amounts in the southern half. Temperatures across the region have been quite a…

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  • The latest Drought Monitor, released today, shows that the area of abnormally dry conditions in eastern Georgia has expanded all the way into South Carolina, leading to a small regional increase. Dry conditions in Alabama and Puerto Rico remain unchanged. Other parts of the region have no dry conditions this week.

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