Drought
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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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The latest Drought Monitor, released today, shows that only a small patch of abnormally dry conditions (D0) remains in Puerto Rico after recent rains, but the area of the mainland Southeast that is covered by abnormally dry conditions has doubled this week due to lack of rain and high temperatures. An area of moderate drought…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released on Thursday this past week, shows that areas of abnormally dry (D0) conditions expanded in central Florida and in eastern North Carolina into a little bit of Virginia this week due to the lack of rain we have had along with warmer temperatures. The rapid growth of vegetation is also…
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While I’ve been on the road quite a bit in the last few weeks, I have seen a few stories you might be interested in. Washington Post: Cherry blossoms have bloomed longer than usual and aren’t done yet National Geographic: Did you enjoy the cherry blossoms’ early peak bloom? It was a warning sign. Indiana…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released today, shows a small decrease in drought conditions in Puerto Rico this week from timely rain. In the mainland, abnormally dry conditions expanded in eastern North Carolina and were added to the Florida peninsula, but were removed in southern Alabama. Rain in the next week should improve conditions in NC…
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