Drought
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The latest Drought Monitor, released this morning, shows that the severe drought in Florida has been reduced but two areas still remain in southwest FL and a small patch in the Panhandle. Alabama had very slight increases in drought, and abnormally dry conditions stretched north into the area along the southern border of Georgia. Relatively…
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This week’s Drought Monitor, released this morning, shows an expansion of severe drought in the southern counties of Alabama and the development of moderate drought in adjacent Florida Panhandle counties. The drought in southern Florida did not change much as some areas did receive some rain. The only areas of the Southeast that are expected…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released today, shows that while there is no drought in most of the Southeast, the severe drought in southern Florida grew in the last week with little rain. Dry conditions in Alabama changed only slightly. With a wet system expected to impact the southern Florida peninsula, that is likely to improve…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released this morning, shows a significant decrease in drought over the last week, with many areas in southern Alabama and Georgia and Florida changing to a less severe category, and some drought disappearing. Severe drought remains in southern Florida but has been eliminated elsewhere. Note that this map only includes rain…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released this morning, shows small increases in severe (D2) drought in the Florida peninsula and at the southwestern corner of Alabama. Because of the rain happening today, we may see some improvements in the northern end of the dry area, although parts of Florida may not see any relief.
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A new study published in Science recently combined tree ring measurements and model output for the US West to show that the recent string of 18 years of drought were the worst experienced in the region since at least the 1500s and the second driest since the 800s. The scientists attribute about half the dryness…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released this morning, shows that while abnormally dry conditions were whittled away in Georgia and Alabama, the area of severe (D2) drought in Florida expanded to cover over 20 percent of the state (and a very small area of AL south of Mobile), and moderate drought (D1) increased due to very…
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