Drought
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The latest Drought Monitor released this morning shows that moderate drought has expanded in southern South Carolina and in parts of Georgia. Georgia is now almost 50% covered by abnormally dry conditions or drought due to the warm and dry conditions we have experienced in the last week. An area of abnormally dry conditions was…
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Earlier this summer I pointed out the extremely dry conditions that have been occurring in Europe. This drought has continued and now as the harvest approaches there, farmers are feeling the pinch with poor crop yields, especially in wheat. You can read more about the impact of the drought on crops and their prices at…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released this morning, shows that a small area of moderate drought has been introduced to the southern tip of South Carolina, which largely missed the rain from Hurricane Florence. Moderate drought and abnormally dry conditions expanded in central Georgia. Moderate drought decreased slightly in Alabama but the area of abnormally dry…
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Scientific American recently published an article about a new study that looked at how different forests around the world handle drought. What they found was that forests that have a large variety of different tree species were more resilient in a drought than forests with few different types of trees. They attribute the difference to…
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The heavy rainfall from Hurricane Florence terminated the drought that has recently entered the central Carolinas for good, but lack of rainfall in other parts of the Southeast allowed drought to expand in northern Alabama and moderate drought to enter central Georgia. Alabama may get some relief this week but Georgia is expected to remain…
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With a juicy hurricane headed towards the Southeast right now, it is hard to think about drought. However, up until now we have had fairly dry conditions across the region, and there are still some pockets of moderate drought and abnormally dry conditions. In Alabama, the area of moderate drought expanded, while the moderate drought…
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The Drought Monitor identifies areas of drought, but says nothing about areas where things are unusually wet. There is a new tool called the US Water Watcher Tool that is now available for the entire US from the Northwest Climate Toolbox that allows you to highlight various components of the water cycle, including unusually wet…