Drought
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The latest Drought Monitor, released today, shows that all of the states with abnormally dry conditions (D0) last week have experienced improvements that reduced dry levels. In Alabama, all dry conditions are now eliminated and in other states, they now cover less area. In Florida, drought conditions were slightly decreased from last week. Puerto Rico…
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A new journal article on forecasts of drought at extended time scales in the Western US has just been released by Water Resources Research. It discusses the use of machine learning to predict drought in the western half of the country at spatial scales as small as 4 km in size up to three months…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released earlier this week, shows that the area of D3 extreme drought on the west coast of Florida expanded somewhat over the week, but most other states just saw minor changes in abnormally dry (D0) conditions. A rainier week ahead in Florida is likely to reduce some of the drought conditions…
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Yale Climate Connections has an interesting explainer that discusses how the warmer temperatures we are seeing due to climate change are leading to an increase in droughts worldwide. For one thing, higher temperatures cause an increase in the speed and amount of evaporation, leading to drier soils and less runoff that can contribute to drought…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released today, shows that there were only slight changes in drought this week. Abnormally dry (D0) conditions expanded in Virginia and extreme (D3) drought expanded slightly in Florida but other changes were small. Rain amounts this coming week are expected to be moderate in most areas so I don’t see any…
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Recent rains have put quite a dent in the Southeast drought this week. All drought has been removed from Alabama and Georgia and has decreased in Virginia and Florida, while North Carolina is free of all dry conditions and only a lingering area of abnormally dry (D0) conditions remains in South Carolina. Puerto Rico also…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released earlier this week, shows that most of the region experienced slight decreases in drought and dry conditions this week due to rain over the last seven days. However, a lack of rain in Florida and southeastern Georgia has led to expansions of drought there. Most notable is the expansion of…
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