Drought
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If you’ve been following the drought posts on this blog, you know that moderate drought is expanding across the Southeast. But sometimes the map doesn’t capture the full picture of what is going on in the ground because no one is there to report it. The Drought Monitor authors would love to have more information…
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The latest monthly climate outlook from NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center, released earlier this week, shows that much of the eastern US are likely to be colder than normal. The coldest air will enter the Southeast around December 7 and should linger for at least a week. While there are equal chances of near, above or…
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AgWeb posted a really good and complete description of all of the weather and climate events that have affected agriculture across the US in 2017 by Anna-Lisa Laca. It includes the hurricanes and March frost in the Southeast as well as flooding in central areas of the country and the exceptional drought in Montana. In…
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The latest Drought Monitor released this morning indicates that moderate drought is continuing to expand through the Southeast. Since most places received little to no rain in the last seven days, this is not a big surprise. For the next week, the Florida peninsula is expected to receive no rain at all, but most other…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released early today because of Thanksgiving, shows that the amount of moderate drought in the Southeast has more than doubled in areal coverage since last week. Not surprising considering that most areas have seen little to no rain. Drought is now present in every state in the Southeast. Since most areas…
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The latest Drought Monitor released this morning shows an increase in abnormally dry conditions across the Southeast since last week. A large area of abnormally dry conditions was introduced into Florida, and two areas of moderate drought were introduced into Georgia this week as well as expanding in South Carolina. Considering that very little rain…
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It’s well known that in a drought, trees near the tops of hills are more likely to die than trees farther down the hill. This is because water runs downhill, and whatever water is captured in the dry conditions is more likely to be stored in valleys. The water table also drops more steeply in…