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U.S. Drought Monitor 1-26-2023:
The extent of #drought across the U.S. and Puerto Rico declined yet again to just 36%, the lowest it has been since Sept. 2020. The population affected dropped as well to 78.9 million people.
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#DroughtMonitor 1/24: With waves of precip hitting the US, almost every region saw improvement or at least status quo (exception being the Southern Plains)
That said, there's still a lot of drought in the US.
#Drought2023's Footprint: 36.0% of US
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On Oct 25, 2022, drought coverage in the Lower 48 hit 62.9%, the highest amount since Oct 2012. Conditions were looking quite bleak.
We’re now at 42.9%, a 20% drop.
What happened? A lot of precip across much of the Lower 48 over the last 60 days.
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How is #drought affecting you? Upload photos and tell us about your experience: go.unl.edu/cmor_drought
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Here's the latest map of CMOR reports from the past week. Check them out and upload your own photos at go.unl.edu/cmor_drought.
🟥 & 🟫 Dry conditions (Hawaii, Oregon, Texas, Oklahoma, and New Mexico)
🟩 & 🟦 Normal and wet conditions (New York, California, and South Carolina)
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and Partners Publish Assessment of the 2020-21 Northern Plains and Canadian Prairies Drought
The drought was a multi-billion-dollar event impacting water resources, ecosystems, and ag. The report will help w/ future preparedness and response.
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U.S. Drought Monitor 1-19-2023:
The extent of #drought across the U.S. and Puerto Rico held roughly steady this week at 36.7%, the lowest it has been since June '21. The population affected dropped slightly to 81.6 million people.
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Some states, like Arizona and Utah, had a good week for #drought conditions. Others, like Texas and Hawaii, dried out. Oregon and Colorado, though, got a taste of both worlds.
For more change maps, visit: droughtmonitor.unl.edu/Maps/ChangeMap
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. is using restoration to not only help rivers recover from past damage, but also plan for climate change. #NWCH climatehubs.usda.gov/hubs/northwest
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How is #drought affecting you? How have conditions changed where you live? Upload photos and tell us about your experience at go.unl.edu/cmor_drought.
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U.S. Drought Monitor 1-12-2023:
#Drought contracted once again this week and now covers 36.78% of the U.S., the lowest it has been since June 2021. The population affected dropped to 81.9 million people.
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#DroughtMonitor 1/10: Good news: CA (of course) and parts of the West saw drought improve (but still mostly remain). Drought is almost gone along the Miss River.
Not good news: The Plains remain in bad shape.
#Drought2023's Footprint: 36.8% of USA
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Tune in to the Intermountain West Drought Early Warning System - Southwest Drought Briefing 🌵
🗓️ Tue, Jan 24, 2023
⏰ 1pm-1:35pm MT
myemail.constantcontact.com/January-24-Sou
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Snow Drought (Really Snow Surplus) Update
The barrage of storms that have hit CA have also spread snow across the Great Basin and Upper Colorado River Basin.
However, small areas of snow drought still exist, particularly in NM.
Full update: drought.gov/drought-status
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Climate change impacted the intensity of the 2021 Heat Dome in the Northwest. Read more about what caused it, what impacts it had, and how climate change affected this event. climatehubs.usda.gov/hubs/northwest
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The snowpack continues to look good across much of the West. Recent atmospheric rivers have put California's San Joaquin watershed up to 274% of normal. Nevada and Utah are also in good shape.
But the coastal Washington and Oregon watersheds are struggling a bit more. #drought
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Wild weather brought #drought relief to many places in December, but dry conditions are still widespread. Colorado River water supplies and #agriculture losses remain big concerns.
Read all about it in our December climate and drought impact summaries: drought.unl.edu/Publications/M.
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Biofuels can be a sustainable source of energy in the Northwest, especially when they use marginal agricultural land, trees from fuel reduction, or agricultural waste. Read about biofuels from #NWCH: climatehubs.usda.gov/hubs/northwest
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Northwest grazing lands support millions of animals and contribute billions of dollars to Idaho, Oregon, and Washington economies. Read how climate change will affect Northwest rangelands. #NWCH
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Share your thoughts on the framing, development, and use of the National #Nature Assessment by March 31, 2023.
globalchange.gov/content/reques
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Curious about how biofuels are made? Check out this article by #NWCH that explains the process and what products can be made.
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#DroughtMonitor 12/27: Last week was more about the record cold than the precip.
And most of the precip that did fall was relatively light or on areas not in drought.
Parts of the Midwest did see degradations.
#Drought2022 Footprint: 41.5% of US
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After a strong start to the season, #snowpack across the West has fallen somewhat, though it remains comfortably above normal in most places. The #SierraNevada and Oregon Coast are looking particularly strong.
Watersheds in the Southwest, especially NM, continue to struggle.
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California may be getting rain this week, but water shortages remain an issue with an ongoing #drought emergency in Southern California and reduced supplies to the Central Valley Project.
Learn about these stories and more in the Drought Impact Reporter: go.unl.edu/dirdash.
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The recent frigid weather brought snow and #drought improvement to the East Coast. But it was mostly dry elsewhere, and conditions degraded across the Midwest and Puerto Rico.
For more change maps, visit: droughtmonitor.unl.edu/Maps/ChangeMap
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U.S. Drought Monitor 12-29-2022:
After a month of improvement, #drought expanded slightly this week to cover 41.5% of the U.S., though the extent of severe or worse conditions did decrease. Drought now affects 104 million people.
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How is #drought affecting you? Upload photos and tell us about your experience: go.unl.edu/cmor_drought
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#DroughtMonitoring is a key component of #drought planning and response. Visit drought.unl.edu to learn more about planning for and coping with drought.
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#DYK: Snow provides almost 75% of the water used in the Northwest. Check out this article by #NWCH to learn about snow’s importance and how climate change impacts it. climatehubs.usda.gov/hubs/northwest
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Agricultural practices impact our environment, but we don’t always know how much and in what ways because farming systems are complex + there aren’t many cost-effective ways to monitor management/outcomes. researchers are hoping to change that.
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Wind chills -20F to -40F are forecast for the central US this week. Maps show wind chill climatology, counting annual avg # of days w/ 3 or more hours w/ wind chill below -20F (left) and below -30F (right). These conditions are extreme & rare. Be safe! mrcc.purdue.edu
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#Water saving strategies, plans to protect the #ColoradoRiver from #drought, and more.
Read about these and other resources in Dry Horizons, our solutions-oriented newsletter: mailchi.mp/6f5a78d1eeea/d
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U.S. Drought Monitor 12-22-2022:
The extent of #drought in the U.S. decreased 3.29 percentage points, the biggest improvement in a single week since 2019. Drought still covers 41.2% of the country and affects 103.8 million people.
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Scattered pockets of intensifying #drought, like in Ohio and Kansas, were more than offset this week by widespread improvement across the Northern Plains, Southeast, and Midwest.
For more change maps, visit droughtmonitor.unl.edu/Maps/ChangeMap
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#DroughtMonitor 12/20: Winter is here along w/ dangerously cold temps.
On a good note, precip has helped the Miss River Basin.
The Plains are still in rough shape. The West has good snowpack but needs more.
#Drought2022's Footprint: 41.2% of USA
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It's been a brutal #drought year for Hawaii. In August, the state exceeded 90% in drought for the first time in #DroughtMonitor history (and stayed that way for over 4 weeks). Fortunately, conditions have been heading mostly in the right direction since then. #HIwx
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#DYK where your holiday tree came from? Oregon is the top producer of Christmas trees in the US! Read more about other Northwest crops and how climate change affects them. #NWCH
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. wants to hear your thoughts on the upcoming National #Nature Assessment. globalchange.gov/content/reques
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