Drought
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A new role-playing game on preparing for drought is now available from the National Drought Mitigation Center. The game is designed to be played by at least 12 people, 6 on each side, plus a moderator, with a playing time of 90+ minutes. It is at the level of high school and up. I have…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released today, shows that recent rains have reduced the amount of drought and dry conditions in Georgia and South Carolina, but Alabama and far northwest Florida have seen an expansion of severe (D2) drought as they were largely missed by the rains. North Carolina had no change. Rain for the next…
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The latest outlooks for July and beyond were released this week by NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center. They show that for both July and July through September, warmer than normal temperatures are more likely to continue, especially for southern parts of the region. Precipitation does not show a trend one way or the other, although they…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released this morning, shows that the rain received in parts of the Southeast this past week has resulted in a decrease in drought and dry conditions in South Carolina and Georgia. However, areas that were missed by the rain continue in drought. An area of severe (D2) drought was added to…
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Since the beginning of the month, severe drought was added to the Southeast. Thanks for your comments to the Drought Reporter! But heavy rains since then caused the DM to reduce the amount of D2 drought in the region. This coming week should be mostly dry so I don’t expect big changes to the next…
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The record-setting hot temperatures and the almost complete lack of rain this week have led to the expansion of moderate drought and abnormally dry conditions across the region. Moderate drought was introduced in southeastern Alabama and North Carolina and expanded in Georgia and South Carolina. No severe drought is identified in the DM yet, but…
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As expected, the moderate drought and abnormally dry conditions have expanded across a lot of the Southeast in the past week. Little rainfall coupled with much warmer than normal temperatures have caused the expansion of abnormally dry conditions in eastern North Carolina and in parts of Alabama. Conditions in Florida and South Carolina stayed steady,…
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