{"id":4095,"date":"2015-08-20T12:13:56","date_gmt":"2015-08-20T16:13:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/?p=4095"},"modified":"2015-08-20T12:16:02","modified_gmt":"2015-08-20T16:16:02","slug":"severe-drought-reenters-georgia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/2015\/08\/severe-drought-reenters-georgia\/","title":{"rendered":"Severe drought reenters Georgia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The latest Drought Monitor, issued this morning, shows an area of severe drought has developed in east-central Georgia in Screven, Jenkins, and Bulloch Counties. \u00a0This area is an extension of the severe drought which has been present in the Carolinas for the last few weeks. \u00a0The drought expansion is due to the continuation of warm temperatures coupled with lack of rainfall in the southern half of the state in the last week. \u00a0Fortunately that area is getting some needed showers as I write this, although summertime thunderstorms are very hit-or-miss and so some locations within the drought area will be missed.<\/p>\n<p>On the NOAA webinar this morning, Anthony Artuso noted that drought is expected to expand across the Southeast (with the exception of the Florida peninsula) \u00a0in the next few weeks, as relatively dry weather should dominate the weather pattern for the next month in the absence of any tropical activity. \u00a0Once the winter El Nino pattern kicks in, there could be a fairly abrupt change from dry to wet conditions. \u00a0This could occur as early as mid-October or as late as late November, so don&#8217;t delay field work\u00a0during that time period if you have moisture-sensitive crops or fields that are hard to work in wet conditions. \u00a0And of course, keep an eye on local weather forecasts for impacts from tropical weather and to watch for the change-over to wet conditions later in the fall.<\/p>\n<p><a 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