{"id":586,"date":"2014-08-17T21:22:50","date_gmt":"2014-08-18T01:22:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/?p=586"},"modified":"2021-10-18T11:13:34","modified_gmt":"2021-10-18T15:13:34","slug":"next-two-weeks-look-warmer-and-drier-than-normal-drought-could-expand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/2014\/08\/next-two-weeks-look-warmer-and-drier-than-normal-drought-could-expand\/","title":{"rendered":"Next two weeks look warmer and drier than normal: drought could expand"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After the next couple of days of scattered thunderstorms, drier than normal conditions are likely to return to the Southeast. \u00a0Forecasts for the next two weeks show that although some rain may be expected, amounts are generally going to be below average conditions. \u00a0That, coupled with warm and humid temperatures in the 90s, could lead to an expansion of the small area of D1 drought that has developed in southeastern Georgia near Alma. \u00a0The tropics show little sign of activity at this time so are not expected to provide any significant relief on the short term. \u00a0Dryland farmers are starting to feel the pinch of below-normal soil moisture conditions, particularly across south Georgia and Alabama and extending down into Florida.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2014\/08\/7-day-outlook-8-17-2014.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-587\" src=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2014\/08\/7-day-outlook-8-17-2014-300x224.gif\" alt=\"7 day outlook 8-17-2014\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2014\/08\/7-day-outlook-8-17-2014-300x224.gif 300w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2014\/08\/7-day-outlook-8-17-2014-184x138.gif 184w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After the next couple of days of scattered thunderstorms, drier than normal conditions are likely to return to the Southeast. \u00a0Forecasts for the next two weeks show that although some rain may be expected, amounts are generally going to be below average conditions. \u00a0That, coupled with warm and humid temperatures in the 90s, could lead [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":58,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-586","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-climate-outlooks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/586","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/58"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=586"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/586\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":588,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/586\/revisions\/588"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=586"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}