Drought
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The heavy rain that fell across southern Florida this past week led to the end of drought conditions across that area, in some cases improving conditions by three categories. The rest of the region received little rain and a lot of heat and there was a significant expansion of abnormally dry (D0) conditions in the…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released earlier this week, shows that the high temperatures combined with limited rainfall in most areas led to an increase in abnormally dry (D0) and drought conditions in parts of the region this past week. A large area of abnormally dry conditions formed in Virginia with smaller increases in other states…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released last Thursday, shows that a few small patches of abnormally dry (D0) conditions have developed across the northern states in our region. A reduction in D0 conditions occurred in central Alabama. But the real drought story this week is the big expansion of severe drought in the southern Florida Peninsula…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released on Thursday, shows that the only state in the Southeast that has drought is Florida, although a few patches of abnormally dry conditions (D0) are found in Alabama, North and South Carolina, and Virginia. The total area of dry conditions in central Florida has not changed much but a section…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released today, shows an increase in moderate drought in central and southern Florida this week due to continued lack of rain and very hot temperatures. Dry conditions also expanded in central Alabama. In North Carolina and Virginia, dry conditions improved but were not quite eliminated this week. Puerto Rico continues to…
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The rain we have had in the past week has contributed to contraction or removal of abnormally dry conditions in several states this week. However, the rain did not make it into southern Florida, so abnormally dry (D0) and moderate drought (D1) expanded there. There are no dry conditions at all in Georgia, South Carolina,…
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The latest Drought Monitor shows that the area of drought and dry conditions has decreased in the Carolinas and Georgia as recent rains have improved conditions there. Moderate drought expanded in central Florida and Virginia this week, as they were largely skipped by rain. Puerto Rico is now completely free of drought and abnormally dry…
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