{"id":8179,"date":"2016-08-30T22:30:07","date_gmt":"2016-08-31T02:30:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/?p=8179"},"modified":"2016-08-30T22:30:07","modified_gmt":"2016-08-31T02:30:07","slug":"augusts-above-normal-temperatures-helped-expand-drought","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/2016\/08\/augusts-above-normal-temperatures-helped-expand-drought\/","title":{"rendered":"August&#8217;s above-normal temperatures helped expand drought"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>August is almost over, and a look at the temperature departures for the Southeast help explain why drought has been expanding across central and southern Georgia. \u00a0Most of northern Georgia has been fairly close to normal in precipitation,\u00a0but the southern half of Georgia and particularly along the coast has been quite dry. \u00a0Combined with the above normal temperatures everywhere in the Southeast, that has led to increased evaporation and evapotranspiration, enhancing the drought conditions. \u00a0I am now starting to get comments from landowners in southern Georgia talking about the loss of crops due to the dry conditions.<\/p>\n<p>Fortunately for southeast Georgia, some relief is in sight with the likely passage of the tropical storm that is now TD9 later in the week. \u00a0More on that in my next post later this evening.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2016\/08\/aug-16-to-date-temp-dep-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8180\" src=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2016\/08\/aug-16-to-date-temp-dep-1-300x232.png\" alt=\"aug 16 to date temp dep\" width=\"300\" height=\"232\" srcset=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2016\/08\/aug-16-to-date-temp-dep-1-300x232.png 300w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2016\/08\/aug-16-to-date-temp-dep-1-179x138.png 179w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2016\/08\/aug-16-to-date-temp-dep-1.png 688w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2016\/08\/aug-16-to-date-precip-dep-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8181\" src=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2016\/08\/aug-16-to-date-precip-dep-1-300x232.png\" alt=\"aug 16 to date precip dep\" width=\"300\" height=\"232\" srcset=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2016\/08\/aug-16-to-date-precip-dep-1-300x232.png 300w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2016\/08\/aug-16-to-date-precip-dep-1-179x138.png 179w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2016\/08\/aug-16-to-date-precip-dep-1.png 688w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>August is almost over, and a look at the temperature departures for the Southeast help explain why drought has been expanding across central and southern Georgia. \u00a0Most of northern Georgia has been fairly close to normal in precipitation,\u00a0but the southern half of Georgia and particularly along the coast has been quite dry. \u00a0Combined with the 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