Drought
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AgWeb ran a short article last week describing the drought across the United States, which has expanded in recent weeks, including an expansion in the Southeast. Fortunately for us, the rain this weekend helped put a dent in dry conditions and that may result in some decrease of drought in our region on the next…
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Right now we are in the middle of the second winter of a “double-dip” La Niña. That means that for two winters in a row we have been in La Niña, with neutral conditions in between but no El Niño. This is not that unusual, and we have had several since the 1950s when modern…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released this morning, shows that extreme drought (D3) was introduced to central Alabama this week. Generally drought was reduced or removed from the Carolinas and Virginia while it expanded and got stronger in Alabama and Georgia. One area that is getting worse is northwest Georgia, now at severe (D2) drought levels,…
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In the latest issue of the Drought Monitor, severe drought (D2) has expanded again across parts of the Southeast, including southwestern Georgia, central Alabama, and a small area in northeastern Virginia. Some rain later this week may provide a bit of relief but we still expect drought to continue for the next few weeks unless…
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As expected, the latest Drought Monitor shows an expansion of severe drought in the Southeast. The area of D2 drought is larger than last week in SW Georgia, the Florida panhandle, and SE Alabama. A second area of severe drought has also been introduced into Alabama. The latest seasonal outlook for drought was released this…
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After another week with below-normal rain, the National Drought Monitor has introduced severe (D2) drought to parts of Georgia and Florida along with a tiny corner of Alabama. Moderate drought has also expanded as well as abnormally dry conditions, so now over 3/4 of the region is covered by dry conditions. The only exceptions are…
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Outside magazine had an interesting article about the snow drought in the West. In spite of recent rains that have caused fatal mudslides in parts of California, the mountains out west overall have received only 29% of their normal snowfall. This could bode poorly for water supplies in spring and into next summer, when irrigators…