by admin | Aug 20, 2012 | Blue Water Blog
Let’s take a quick look at last week’s rainfall across the Southeast U.S. Rainfall was scattered in coverage, and in the range of 0.50 – 1.00 inch across many spots. Somewhat heavier rainfall, 2 inch or more, occurred over much of Mississippi and Alabama, as well as...
by admin | Aug 20, 2012 | Blue Water Blog
by admin | Aug 14, 2012 | Blue Water Blog
The graphic below shows rainfall totals over the past 7 days. I have outlined within the white line the region of most severe and persistent drought. Note how much of the Southeast U.S. has received at least an inch of rain over the past week (green-shaded spots)....
by admin | Aug 13, 2012 | Blue Water Blog
Decent amounts of rain occurred over significant parts of North and South Carolina, as well as South Georgia, last week. This axis of heavier rainfall (black dashed line) occurred along a slow-moving and weak frontal boundary. Here is the percent of normal rainfall...
by admin | Aug 8, 2012 | Blue Water Blog
July 2012: hottest month on record for contiguous United States Source: NOAA Drought expands to cover nearly 63% of the Lower 48; wildfires consume 2 million acres The average temperature for the contiguous U.S. during July was 77.6°F, 3.3°F above the 20th...
by admin | Aug 7, 2012 | Blue Water Blog
A huge portion of the U.S. remains in some degree of drought. If you happened to listen in on the Weekly Water Outlook you might have noticed that large parts of the U.S. are not expected to receive any rain this week, so it is likely that the drought with either...
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