Drought
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UPDATE: This webinar is ended. You can see the slides or watch the video at https://aaes.auburn.edu/wrc/extension-outreach/drought/2016-2/. The next webinar will be on Wednesday Dec. 7 at 1 pm EST. Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin Drought Assessment Webinar Today, Tuesday, November 22, 2016 – 1:00 pm Eastern Time Auburn University Water Resources Center and the National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS)…
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Deke Arndt’s latest post in NOAA’s “Beyond the Data” blog has a great description of the Southeast drought that we are experiencing this year. It does an excellent job of describing how the drought developed and discusses how drought monitoring is done when dryness occurs at different time scales. You can read it here.
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With November 2/3 over, a significant part of the Southeast has had zero rain for the month. When combined with the above normal temperatures in areas that did not get moisture from Hurricane Matthew, it’s no wonder the drought conditions have been expanding across the region. This on top of the very dry conditions in…
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The Southeast Farm Press posted a story today about the negative impacts of the exceptional Southeast drought on the timber industry in Alabama (although the comments are generally true for the rest of the Southeast as well). It points out that the drought and fires will have take a severe toll on forests this year…
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NOAA released their latest set of outlook maps this week. They continue to go with conditions that are consistent with La Niña for the next few months. In December, drier than normal conditions are expected to continue, while temperatures could be near, above or below normal. For the winter, spring and summer temperatures continue to…
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The wind shifted direction today and Athens had less smoke than earlier this week, although you could see the smoky cloud band to the northeast. Other areas were getting the smoke instead. Here in Athens we will have a reprieve for a day or so as the winds turn to come from the south ahead…
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UPDATE: Georgia EPD has just declared a Level 2 Drought Response Level in selected counties in Georgia. See below for more details. The latest Drought Monitor shows worsening conditions across most of the Southeast but especially in Georgia. The Drought Monitor authors told me that since November 11 they have gotten 61 comments on the…