Drought
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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…
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Dry conditions in the Carolinas this past week have resulted in the expansion of moderate drought in central South and North Carolina. A small decrease in abnormally dry conditions was also seen in Virginia. Otherwise conditions remained generally stable in Alabama, Georgia and Florida.
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NOAA’s Climate.gov posted an interesting discussion of drought in the High Plains region of the US and how climatologists and stakeholders are working together to improve their resilience to dry conditions. The scarcity of water there makes it especially important for them to plan for water shortages and their impact on agriculture. You can read…
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The latest Drought Monitor shows very slightly changes to the dry conditions around the Southeast this week. The biggest change is the introduction of a small area of moderate drought to north-central South Carolina, which is balanced regionally by small decreases in drought in North Carolina and Virginia.
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While the Southeast has been fairly wet this year, northern parts of the US, and especially Montana and the Dakotas, have been extremely dry. That has caused problems for cattle ranchers who were not able to get adequate feed for their cattle. The result was that producers had to bring in hay from other places…
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The latest Drought Monitor released this morning shows small decreases in abnormally dry conditions in most areas of the Southeast except in North Carolina, where some moderate drought was changed to abnormally dry status instead. The only increase in moderate drought was a small sliver of west-central Alabama as the drought in Mississippi expanded slightly…
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The latest Drought Monitor released this morning shows the development of an area of abnormally dry conditions across parts of Georgia and an expansion of conditions in Alabama, South Carolina and Virginia. Drought conditions in North Carolina remained status quo and no drought or dry conditions are currently seen in Florida. The Climate Prediction Center…
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