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…
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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…
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The recording of last Thursday’s (October 10) webinar on the flash drought and its impacts on agriculture is now available. Please go to https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/3862877220399463692 and register, then the recording should appear. Thanks to those who attended or sent me information! Hopefully the rain this week will stop the progression of…
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The use of satellites to monitor climate conditions provides some really good fine-scale detail about how conditions like soil moisture are changing over time. The NASA GRACE tool provides a look at soil moisture depletion in several different zones, including the root zone. This map from last week shows how…
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David Zierden, the Florida State Climatalogist, recently wrote an update on the current drought conditions and what we can expect for the next few months. I am printing it here with his permission because it gives an good overlook of what we are experiencing now and what to plan for…
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In spite of all of our dry weather, I have not seen any stories about problems with water supply up until today. The big reservoirs that supply Atlanta are down somewhat but still have plenty of water since the drought has been relatively short-lived so far. But cities that have…
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At our special drought webinar this afternoon, over 350 people registered and almost 200 people attended the live webinar. We spent an hour talking about the atmospheric conditions leading up to the drought, the impacts of the drought on agriculture, and the outlook for the next couple of weeks. There…
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