Drought
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If you missed the drought update webinar that I participated in last week Thursday, you can now view it on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbtUao3fzTE. It contains an update on drought conditions, water resources, and agriculture across the Southeast.
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Today’s Drought Monitor shows some fairly widespread improvements in drought over the region since last week. Many areas received significant rains and showed a one-category improvement in drought status. Other areas stayed at the same level. A few areas actually experienced worse drought conditions this week and small expansions in severe drought were seen in…
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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…