Drought
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If you are interested in getting an update on the current flash drought in the Southeast, please join us on Tuesday at 1 pm EDT for this special webinar. It will focus on the ACF river basin but will include information about the entire Southeast. Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin Drought Assessment Webinar Tuesday, October 1, 2019…
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If you have ever wondered about who makes the weekly Drought Monitor map and how it started, you may be interested in reading this story below on the history of the DM. Here is the first drought map put out by the DM in January 2000 and today’s map. ——————————————————————————————————————- The process of creating…
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It is no surprise to anyone who needs rain that drought is expanding across the Southeast, and the latest Drought Monitor, released this morning, shows that expansion in a big way. For the region as a whole, almost 39 percent is now classified as moderate drought (D1) or worse. Virginia jumped from 5 to 53…
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The latest monthly and seasonal outlooks were released by NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center earlier this week. They lean towards warmer than normal temperatures for both October and the October-December period across the region. This is based on long-term warming trends along with the neutral ENSO conditions we are currently in. For precipitation, there is a…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released this morning, shows that abnormally dry conditions and moderate drought expanded across the region this week. This was expected with little rain and above-normal temperatures that are still in the mid- to upper 90s in many areas. Unfortunately, the next seven days should see almost no rain in the region…
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In our Drought Monitor Forum this week, we are being reminded of the variety of tools that are available to help monitor drought conditions across your region. You can find a list of many of these tools, including the Historical Drought Atlas, soil moisture maps, and vegetation drought response index, on the Drought Monitor site…
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I am attending the National Drought Monitor Forum this week in Kentucky, and have been learning a lot of interesting things about the Drought Monitor and some of the changes that they are making to the web site and the maps. One new thing they have added is a state-by-state lists of different impacts expected…