{"id":8494,"date":"2016-09-29T12:05:22","date_gmt":"2016-09-29T16:05:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/?p=8494"},"modified":"2016-09-29T12:06:12","modified_gmt":"2016-09-29T16:06:12","slug":"exceptional-drought-returns-to-georgia-for-first-time-since-february-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/2016\/09\/exceptional-drought-returns-to-georgia-for-first-time-since-february-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"Exceptional drought returns to Georgia for first time since February 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A small area of D4 exceptional drought was introduced to Georgia in this week&#8217;s <em>Drought Monitor<\/em> in the far northwest part of the state. \u00a0This is the first time that anywhere in Georgia has seen exceptional drought since February 5, 2013 (although that was in central Georgia). \u00a0Severe drought expanded in Alabama, including a region east and south of Birmingham. \u00a0Abnormally dry conditions expanded in western Virginia as well.<\/p>\n<p>If you don&#8217;t think the Drought Monitor map is capturing what is happening on your area, then there are two ways you can report drought conditions where you are. \u00a0If you are an extension agent who is responsible for reporting the weekly percent of crops planted, harvested, etc. to the USDA Ag Statistics service, there is a place on that form to provide comments that may be published in the Weekly Weather and Crop Bulletin. \u00a0Otherwise, you can to to the Drought Impact Reporter at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/droughtreporter.unl.edu\/map\/\">https:\/\/droughtreporter.unl.edu\/map\/<\/a> and submit a report\u00a0using the link on the top of the page. \u00a0Your comments help the people who put the Drought Monitor together understand what impacts are happening in your area in addition to the climate data sources they already use to categorize the drought around the country.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, very little rain is expected in the heart of the drought area this week and conditions are likely to deteriorate due to continued lack of rainfall and warmer than normal conditions.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2016\/09\/dm-20160927_southeast_none.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8495\" src=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2016\/09\/dm-20160927_southeast_none-300x300.png\" alt=\"dm-20160927_southeast_none\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2016\/09\/dm-20160927_southeast_none-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2016\/09\/dm-20160927_southeast_none-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2016\/09\/dm-20160927_southeast_none-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2016\/09\/dm-20160927_southeast_none-138x138.png 138w, 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