{"id":13724,"date":"2018-02-15T11:02:50","date_gmt":"2018-02-15T16:02:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/?p=13724"},"modified":"2018-02-15T11:02:50","modified_gmt":"2018-02-15T16:02:50","slug":"severe-drought-gone-from-the-southeast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/2018\/02\/severe-drought-gone-from-the-southeast\/","title":{"rendered":"Severe drought gone from the Southeast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After a week of significant rain, dry conditions in the Southeast have been significantly reduced, now covering just over half the region. Severe (D2) drought has been eliminated from the area. Over the short term, additional\u00a0 reductions in drought are likely due to additional rainfall, although warmer than normal temperatures will also increase evaporation. The outlook for the next month indicates that additional improvement in some areas is likely while drought could expand in southeastern Georgia and the Florida panhandle, which will largely miss the round of rain this week.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2018\/02\/dm-20180213_Southeast_none.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-13725\" src=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2018\/02\/dm-20180213_Southeast_none-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2018\/02\/dm-20180213_Southeast_none-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2018\/02\/dm-20180213_Southeast_none-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2018\/02\/dm-20180213_Southeast_none-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2018\/02\/dm-20180213_Southeast_none-138x138.jpg 138w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2018\/02\/dm-20180213_Southeast_none.jpg 816w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2018\/02\/dm-outlook-2-15-2018-sdohomeweb.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-13726\" src=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2018\/02\/dm-outlook-2-15-2018-sdohomeweb-300x232.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"348\" height=\"269\" srcset=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2018\/02\/dm-outlook-2-15-2018-sdohomeweb-300x232.png 300w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2018\/02\/dm-outlook-2-15-2018-sdohomeweb-768x593.png 768w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2018\/02\/dm-outlook-2-15-2018-sdohomeweb-179x138.png 179w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2018\/02\/dm-outlook-2-15-2018-sdohomeweb.png 792w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 348px) 100vw, 348px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After a week of significant rain, dry conditions in the Southeast have been significantly reduced, now covering just over half the region. Severe (D2) drought has been eliminated from the area. Over the short term, additional\u00a0 reductions in drought are likely due to additional rainfall, although warmer than normal temperatures will also increase evaporation. 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