Drought
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The latest Drought Monitor released this morning shows no changes in the drought status across the Southeast from last week’s map. It’s not unusual after a big rain event followed by a dry week for the DM authors to take time to catch their breath, work on other areas of the country, and wait to…
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NOAA released their latest monthly outlook today for the month of February. The projections for the next month are for an increased chance of warmer than normal temperatures, a continuation of now 12 consecutive months of above normal temperatures for many areas in the Southeast. Projections for precipitation are for equal chances of above, near…
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Even though the drought in the Southeast has been significantly reduced due to recent rains, the impacts of the drought are still causing problems for farmers. Growing Georgia published a story by Katie Nichols of Alabama Cooperative Extension describing some of the continuing problems that producers are having going into the next growing season. You…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released this morning, shows a significant reduction in drought across the Southeast due to the significant rains that many places have experienced. I returned today from a trip to Seattle for a conference to find 3.43 inches of rain in my CoCoRaHS gauge from last Friday to today. Rains like this…
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The latest climate outlooks from the Climate Prediction Center show that for February and the February-March period, most of the Southeast are likely to continue to experience lingering effects from the dying La Niña, including above normal temperatures and below normal rainfall. Because of this, drought conditions are expected to remain in northern Georgia and…
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When farmers are looking for feed for their cattle due to drought or other shortages, they use a variety of products to supplement their feed. I was interested to read this story about a spilled truck full of red Skittles that was on its way to be ground up and used as a cattle feed…
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The CoCoRaHS blog this week has a good description of how recent rains in California have affected the drought there. While northern California is now drought-free, southern California is still in drought, with a few areas even still in exceptional drought. You can read the blog at https://cocorahs.blogspot.com/2017/01/no-such-thing-as-free-lunch.html.