Drought
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The latest Drought Monitor, released yesterday, shows that the area of moderate drought in the Florida Panhandle has gotten worse over the past week and is now classified as Severe Drought (D2). Most of this region was bypassed by the rain storms that drowned northern Georgia and Alabama in the last week. Fortunately, next week’s…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released today, shows that the area of abnormally dry conditions has decreased significantly since last week’s map. All abnormally dry (D0) conditions are gone from the Carolinas and almost all of it is gone from Alabama. The small area of moderate drought (D1) in southern Georgia…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released yesterday, shows that while recent rains have reduced the area of abnormally dry conditions in North Carolina and Florida, there has been a slight expansion of moderate drought from Florida into far southern Georgia as they received little rain in the last week. We will have to wait until next…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released yesterday, shows that while the amount of drought in Florida has stayed the same, the amount of area covered by abnormally dry conditions has doubled in size from last week. It expanded in Alabama, Florida, Georgia and along the coasts of North and South Carolina. Fortunately, with wet conditions expected…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released this morning, show that while there is no change in the amount of drought this week, areas of abnormally dry conditions have appeared in Alabama and the far western panhandle of Florida. They have also expanded to cover a good portion of eastern North Carolina. We’ll be watching to see…
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The folks from NIDIS (National Integrated Drought Information Systems) have provided a nice summary of the 2019 year in review in ten maps related to drought across the US. We had our share in the Southeast, but it was dwarfed by the exceptional drought in the Four Corners region of the Desert Southwest. Note that…
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Do you use the weekly US Drought Monitor in your work, or monitor it for changes in the drought status? Do you use it to help your producers get financial assistance when a severe drought hits? If so, you may be interested in this upcoming workshop on the US Drought Monitor, how it is put…