Drought
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The severe drought in the western United States is causing many issues for agricultural producers. Fires are burning up rangeland and forests, and the extremely dry conditions have shut down the growth of grasses needed for production of cattle. This is causing ranchers concern about how rising temperatures may be leading to longer and stronger…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released this morning, shows that there is currently no drought in the region. However, there are still patches of abnormally dry (D0) conditions in Alabama, and Florida, where they have shrunk, and in Georgia, where they have expanded due to lack of rainfall from Marco and Laura. With little to no…
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Today’s Drought Monitor shows that all of the lingering drought has been removed from the Southeast, although there are still a few small areas where residual abnormally dry conditions still exist. But large parts of the western US are in bad drought conditions. Where can you go to get more drought information? The National Integrated…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released this morning, shows that the small pockets of drought in Alabama and Georgia have shrunk but that a new area of moderate drought has been introduced to western Florida near Tampa. Heavy rains expected later this week may eliminate that in the next couple of weeks, especially as at least…
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The rain this past week, while not excessive, did manage to eliminate drought in Virginia and South Carolina and reduced it in Georgia and Alabama. Scattered small areas of moderate drought continue in those states and abnormally dry conditions are present in Florida and Puerto Rico as well as the states with drought. The next…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released yesterday, shows that the heavy rain from Tropical Storm Isaias removed all drought from Puerto Rico and Virginia, leaving just a few lingering areas of abnormally dry conditions. There were no real changes to the dry conditions in Florida and South Carolina, but Alabama and Georgia saw slight increases due…
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You probably read my weekly drought updates for the United States. But here is a drought tool that goes beyond the US to cover the whole globe. It is called Copernicus and provides a zoomable global map which highlights areas where drought is affecting agriculture. In this map the months are divided into ten-day periods…