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December 28, 2023
U.S. Drought: Weekly Report for December 26, 2023
According to the December 26, 2023 U.S. Drought Monitor , moderate to exceptional drought covers 27.1% of the United States including Puerto Rico, a decrease from last week’s 27.9%. The worst drought categories (extreme to exceptional drought) slightly decreased from 5.5% last week to 5.4%. A strong ridge of high pressure dominated the upper-level atmospheric circulation across the contiguous U.S.(during most of this U.S. Drought Monitor week (December 20–26). The ridge was responsible for warmer-than-normal temperatures across almost all of the contiguous U.S. and, for most of the week, dry weather for much of the country. A very strong upper-level low-pressure system moved across the Southwest during the last half of the week, ending up covering the central half of the contiguous U.S. by the end of the week. This weather system, with its surface lows and cold fronts, spread Pacific moisture across southern California and the Southwest, then tapped Gulf of Mexico moisture to generate rain or snow across the Plains, Midwest, and Southeast. The week ended up wetter than normal from southern California to the Four Corners states, across much of the Great Plains and Upper Midwest, and over parts of the interior Southeast. It was drier than
March 10, 2023
Meteorological Versus Astronomical Seasons
Meteorologists and climatologists define seasons differently from “regular” or astronomical spring, summer, fall, and winter.
December 15, 2023
Indigenous Land and Historical Wildfire Management
Indigenous land management practices over past millennia have increased the fire resilience of Southwest U.S. ponderosa pine forests.
December 14, 2023
Assessing the Global Climate in November 2023
The global land and ocean temperature departure from average for November 2023 was the highest on record for the month of November.
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