Posted on 03/19/2022 6:28:16 PM PDT by blam
Abnormally dry to exceptional drought conditions are expected to persist across 60% of the continental U.S. as spring in the Northern Hemisphere begins. Forecasters expect little to no rain for certain parts of the western U.S. through June.
From April to June, above-average temperatures are expected from Southwest to the East Coast and north through the Midwest, according to a new outlook published by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
NOAA’s map shows a greater than 50% chance of drought persistence for nearly 60% of the continental U.S.
“Severe to exceptional drought has persisted in some areas of the West since the summer of 2020, and drought has expanded to the southern Plains and Lower Mississippi Valley,” said Jon Gottschalck, chief, Operational Prediction Branch, NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center.
“With nearly 60% of the continental U.S. experiencing minor to exceptional drought conditions, this is the largest drought coverage we’ve seen in the U.S. since 2013,” Gottschalck said.
The outlook also noted more than 50% of the U.S. will experience above-average temperatures this spring, with the greatest chances in the Southern Rockies and Southern Plains.
According to the U.S. Drought Monitor, at least 90% of nine western states are plagued with dry conditions, including all of California, Nevada, and Utah, and 99% of New Mexico.
NOAA’s latest forecast doesn’t bode well for the western U.S. farm industry as it could very well suggest the multiyear mega-drought (one of the worst in 1,200 years) could begin to impact the U.S. food supply and comes at a very inopportune time as the Russian invasion of Ukraine has choked the world of natural resources.
The U.S. and world are careening towards a food crisis. Perhaps it’s time to plant a garden and become independent as national and global food supply chains may begin to breakdown.
Plains Drought To Curb U.S. Wheat Harvest, Adding To Global Supply Worries
Mega droughts are caused by cooling.
What’s the solution? Death To America? Same as the solution to the “warming”?
OMG \o/ RUN more things to scare everyone insane , let me guess if the UN controlled the world everything would be Rainbows and Unicorns
Now is not a good time to be elevating perversity and criminal political conduct to a position of worship.
First Trump, then Putin and now the “Megadrought”. Damn ‘RATS are always blaming somebody else for the sh*t they cause.
If there is a drought going on, what makes you think your personal garden is going to grow?
I have a well. Try irrigating 1,000 acres of wheat with no water underground.
Plus, all that inevitable gosh darn world wide nuclear radiation and fallout will be a tad irksome.
CA was emptying their dams of fresh water into the ocean. Anybody know why? I remember the article but not the particulars.
You stoop to Irragation to grow your wheat and even your garden. Wow, if you’d do that you’d probably eat what you grow. What a novel idea. 🙄
Biden people putting out a weak excuse through NOAA that they will cite repeatedly down the line.
Well, if they are as accurate with this prediction as they are with their yearly hurricane forecasts, the midwest should have a dandy rainfall this summer and good crops.
If they don’t, in fact, end up with flooding.
MEGA!
An artesian well on our property?
To presumably “save” some little bait fish. They’re worth more than people, don’tcha know.
Nope, Putin’s Fault.
Already in a drought.
And chemical prices are such we will have reduced yields
Thank Goodness, I'm so relieved.
I thought that Food Supply Chains might be impacted by Economic Sanctions, and Covid shutdowns and lockdowns.
Supposedly to insure the survival of a Environmentally Protected trashfish.
Coincidentally, many family farmers, cheated of water they already contracted and paid for, had to sell, because the property tax was more than they could afford.
After agribusiness corporations bought the land, a miracle happened and the Water Rights were restored.
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