drought

[pbrower2a]

(10-25-2016, 03:33 PM)X_4AD_84 Wrote:

(08-18-2016, 07:29 PM)X_4AD_84 Wrote: La Nina continues to deepen rapidly.

Minor potential silver lining - The Farmers' Almanac predicts this will be a "wet La Nina" winter, where NorCal has a more Northwestern pattern than other SW US locales. Normally the Pac NW gets lots of rain during La Nina conditions while the SW is parched.

So far, this seems to be the case. Of course, what happens during "prime time" (D-J-F), will determine everything.

On the other side of America, at roughly the same latitudes as Los Angeles and San Diego, is beginning to experience "exceptional drought". Just go down the list of states alphabetically and stop at the first state you find. Yes, Alabama.

By The Associated Press
on October 27, 2016 at 1:56 PM, updated October 27, 2016 at 2:38 PM

Quote:Wildfires are charring hundreds of acres daily in the South as drought conditions worsen across the region, and the heavy, widespread rains that officials say are needed to end the threat are nowhere in sight.
A crew using bulldozers worked to put out a wildfire that spread gray smoke across the rural community of Brookside about 20 miles northwest of Birmingham on Thursday, and another fire that began Wednesday, damaging several structures, was still burning but under control on the eastern edge of the metro area.
In Georgia, a fire that blackened dozens of acres around the city of Rome was still smoldering, and officials said the fire danger rating was at its highest across a wide area that included much of metro Atlanta.
The lack of storms means lightning probably didn't cause the fires. Authorities suspect simple carelessness â€" like tossing cigarette butts on dry ground â€" caused some of the blazes, while others could be arson.

http://www.al.com/news/birmingham/index....ought.html



http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/alab...0edc303fb7