Drought
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The latest monthly climate outlook for November 2019 was released yesterday by NOAA. It shows that most of the Southeast will have equal chances of near, below and above normal temperatures, which is not surprising since it is hard to tell exactly where the pool of the coldest air coming south from Canada will reach.…
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UPDATE: Time corrected to 2 pm EST After our stellar attendance at the last special drought webinar, we want to make sure that people know we are doing a follow-up drought webinar to update us in the Southeast about how recent rains have affected dry conditions in the Southeast, including impacts on water resources and…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released this morning, shows a continuation of the improvement in drought conditions that we saw last week as we transitioned away from the flash drought towards more rainy conditions. While there are still pockets of extreme drought in Alabama, Georgia and South Carolina, they are smaller. Parts of central Georgia are…
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The rain from a slow-moving warm front, coupled with the rain from TS Nestor last weekend, has significantly knocked back the drought that has been expanding across the region. There are still a number of pockets of severe (D3) drought scattered across the area, but there have been significant reductions in many places too. In…
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Because of the drought that has been affecting the Southeast, including most of Georgia, the Georgia Environmental Protection Division declared a Level 1 drought response for 103 counties in the state. A Level 1 Drought Response does not require specific watering restrictions beyond what is normally in place but requires that water utilities will circulate…
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NOAA released their latest monthly and 3-month outlooks for the climate earlier this week. They show a continued trend towards warmer than normal temperatures for both November and the November through January periods across the region. This is based on long-term temperature trends towards warmer temperatures since the 1960’s, although there is still a lot…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released this morning, shows an expansion of all categories of drought in every Southeastern state during the last week. It is important to keep in mind that the cutoff for data for this map was Tuesday morning, before most of the rain fell in southern and central Georgia and surrounding areas,…
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