#Drought expanded and intensified again this week along the southern US from parts of Arizona to Florida. Rain from the remnants of Hurricane Hilary erased dryness in Nevada and SoCal. #Flashdrought continued to worsen in the South, notably in #Texas and #Louisiana.
https://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/CurrentMap.aspx

Rapid onset #drought risk exists for parts of the South from eastern New Mexico to Mississippi from Aug. 25-31.
#FlashDrought

#Drought continued to expand/intensify in parts of the Southern US and ease in the Midwest, as has been the trend in recent weeks. #Flashdrought has developed in parts of East #Texas and #Louisiana. Drought covers 30.62% of the continental US.
#USDroughtMonitor #DroughtMonitor
https://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/CurrentMap.aspx

Drought has intensified quickly over the past 5 weeks in the #Southwest and #Texas, and to a lesser degree from #Montana to #Wisconsin. However, the central US to the Northeast has had #drought improvement over the same period.
#USDroughtMonitor #DroughtMonitor #FlashDrought

Parts of #Washington, Oregon, Montana and North Dakota, in addition to #Texas and Louisiana, may have some rapid onset #drought occur late July/early August.
#FlashDrought

Parts of eastern #Texas and western #Louisiana are at risk of rapid onset #drought from July 7-13.
#FlashDrought

There is a risk of rapid onset #drought for eastern Texas and southwest Louisiana from July 5-11, per the Day 8-14 Hazards Outlook.
#flashdrought

Drought continued to intensify across the Midwest and parts of the Northeast again this week as #flashdrought developed, threatening corn and other crops.
#Drought covers 27.11% of the contiguous US after drought/dryness began ramping up a month ago.
#USDroughtMonitor #DroughtMonitor
https://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/CurrentMap.aspx

Two areas of rapid onset #drought risk appear on the Day 8-14 US Hazards Outlook map, valid June 23-29. Parts of Louisiana and Wisconsin may experience #flashdrought conditions in the final days of June.

#Flashdrought is parching much of the #Midwest and parts of the Mid-Atlantic on the US Drought Monitor. In the past 3 weeks, abnormal dryness to moderate/severe #drought has swiftly taken hold, per the 3-week change map. The Seasonal Drought Outlook also shows that drought is expected to remain/develop in the Midwest to Mid-Atlantic.

Rapid onset #drought risk area in the Lower Mississippi Valley from June 16-22.
#FlashDrought #Louisiana #Mississippi

Flash drought development in the Midwest has driven up moderate #drought (D1) coverage in the continental US this week to 21.94%, an increase of nearly 3 percentage points from last week.
Drought/dryness eased in parts of the Plains and Florida.
#FlashDrought

The topsoil moisture map shows another week of rapid drying with steep 20 percentage point jumps in very short to short conditions in Midwestern states including Michigan, Illinois, Indiana and Ohio, and the Southern states of Arkansas, Kentucky, Tennessee and South Carolina.
#drought #flashdrought

Get used to this new term -- #flashdrought

Portions of Northeast, Midwest at risk of 'flash drought'

Abnormally dry weather combined with high temperatures among other factors have placed portions of the Northeast at risk of experiencing a "flash drought," and next week's rainfall may not be enough to stave it off.

By Adriana Navarro, Jun 2, 2023

#ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange #Drought

https://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/portions-of-northeast-midwest-at-risk-of-flash-drought/1536457

A series of blocking high pressure systems: from Omega block to Rex block and back to Omega block. This is already a dry stretch for parts of the central USA and it's very likely to get drier. CPC is forecasting rapid onset drought across a big chunk of the Corn Belt. #Blocking #Drought #FlashDrought
https://www.tropicaltidbits.com/analysis/models/?model=gfs-ens&region=namer&pkg=z500a&runtime=2023052806&fh=78
https://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/predictions/threats/threats.php

"The risk of flash droughts, which can develop in the span of a few weeks, is on pace to rise in every major agriculture region around the world in the coming decades," per #research from the University of Oklahoma.
#drought #agriculture #flashdrought
https://theconversation.com/farmers-face-a-soaring-risk-of-flash-droughts-in-every-major-food-growing-region-in-coming-decades-new-research-shows-206265

Rapid onset #drought risk exists for northern Illinois to southern Ohio from from May 30 through June 5, per the Climate Prediction Center's Day 8-14 US Hazards Outlook.
#FlashDrought

A new study by scientists from NASA and other institutions warns that more ‘flash droughts’ will suck soil and plants dry as Earth warms. Flash droughts are sudden and severe droughts that can cause devastating impacts on agriculture, ecosystems, and human health. The study suggests that flash droughts will become more frequent and widespread, especially in regions already prone to drought.

#FlashDrought #ClimateChange #NASA

https://phys.org/news/2023-04-earth-droughts-soil-dry.html

Flash droughts are developing more frequently as the planet warms, per research from scientists in the Netherlands.
#drought #FlashDrought
https://apnews.com/article/drought-sudden-agriculture-climate-change-heat-befc5fc8cf43a430b29f023bca40acc0

@DeniseGutzmer I'm soooooooo happy to see you here!

#WX #FlashDrought #FireWeather #NOAA @ClimateHuman