Drought
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The latest Drought Monitor map shows that due to extremely dry conditions along the Piedmont and surrounding regions in Virginia, North Carolina and far northeast South Carolina, abnormally dry conditions have expanded. The rest of the Southeast has received abundant rain and no dry conditions are present.
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If you’ve ever wondered how the Drought Monitor comes up with the drought designations it does, you might be interested in this four-minute video showing the process. A lot of input is gathered before the final map is drawn. You can view it at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xo1Jyzba7rA.
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The last patch of abnormally dry conditions is finally gone from Georgia, but dry conditions have expanded in Virginia to cover a good part of the state, according to the latest Drought Monitor released this morning. No drought is expected over most of the Southeast for the next few weeks as we should continue to…
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Extreme droughts in southern France and western Canada (this one I think is linked to the drought that is plaguing the Northern Plains right how) are causing tinder-dry conditions which are flaring into large and numerous wildfires in those regions. Here are two stories about the impacts of those fires. AgWeb noted that more than…
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While floods and droughts are causing problems for farmers in the US, producers in other parts of the world are having their own difficulties dealing with the weather. Southern Europe is in the middle of a severe drought which is reducing the production of cereal grains and causing heat stress problems for cattle, according to…
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This week’s Drought Monitor shows no big changes in most of the Southeast, with just a small area of abnormally dry conditions remaining in eastern Georgia. There was some expansion of abnormally dry conditions in Virginia in the northern part of our region, but no drought at this time. The Climate Prediction Center indicates no…
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A webinar on the impacts of droughts on urban forests is scheduled for Tuesday, July 25 at 2 pm EDT. It is being offered by the US Forest Service. You can get more information on it at https://www.climatewebinars.net/webinars/drought-urbanforests. A brief description is shown below. Preregistration is not required. Recent droughts have caused stress and mortality in…