NOAA Adds Unscheduled Drought Update 7/8/06 As Conditions Worsen

[hatrack]

Expansion of drought conditions across the upper Midwest caused NOAA's Climate Prediction Center to issue an unscheduled update Friday to its U.S. Seasonal Drought Outlook.

Drought conditions that have worsened recently, affecting parts of the northern Plains and the Upper Mississippi Valley, should continue and may expand across eastern Montana, Minnesota, the Dakotas and parts of Iowa, forecasters said in a statement.

[mnhtnbb]

1. And the Bushies have cut funding for monitoring climate

via satellites.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x1587505

[jdlh8894]

2. US Monsoon Season? N/T

[hatrack]

3. Yeah, that's what it's called in the desert southwest

Things are awfully dry, but in mid-to-late summer, the cloudbursts characteristic of the region are known as the summer monsoon season.

[jdlh8894]

4. My Bad

Never lived out west. Just always assumed they were associated with SE Asia.

[hatrack]

6. Yeah, that's what I thought, too!

:toast:

[dipsydoodle]

5. Global warming

predictions were that here in Europe we'd get colder winters while over your side it was gonna be " Say hello to the Dust Bowl again". Maybe it's starting to happen. Last winter here was unusually prolonged cold - hovering around zero without going too much below that.

Technically we've also got drought summer conditions too given that we have drought orders in place.

[NickB79]

7. Here in the Twin Cities, MN, we haven't had rain for 2 weeks

An occassional sprinkle here and there, and one really big thunderstorm a couple weeks ago to keep the crops going, but other than that everything is very crispy. The temps are hovering in the 80's and low 90's as well, further hurting ground moisture.

This is already a noticably drier year than normal.

[phantom power]

8. OFHWAD

I propose this new acronym, which will save me a lot of time. It stands for:

Oh Fucking Hell--We're All Doomed

[Boomer]

9. Lol!

n/t