Jim Cantore tweeted earlier today on how the Northeast, Southeast drought has worsened slightly in the last week. Thought I would take a look.

There’s the 1-week difference.

Here’s the reason for such dry conditions currently.

The below 90-day precipitation anomaly says it all.

July 2016 was one of the driest on record for the Southeast.

It’s been warm where dry the last 30 days.

The dry ground has most certainly helped to make 2016 a hot summer in the Southeast while 90-degree days are sharply rising in the Northeast, helped by dry ground following a slow start.

Wetter, Cooler Times Ahead?

The 10 day precip forecast off the GFS indicates drought relief for both Southeast and Northeast.

Low pressure currently drifting down from the north will setup shop over the Southeast with stalled fronts creating a setup for a multiday enhanced shower and thunderstorm event which is likely to produced localised flooding.

Unfortunately the heaviest rains look to stay south and east of where the drought is worst.

This is also helping suppress the relentless and oppressive heat they’ve gotten all too use to from Montgomery to Charlotte.

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The below GFS meteogram for Atlanta and Columbia show an increase in moisture and slight decrease in temperature. Rather than mid/upper 90s, expect mid/upper 80s with greater likelihood of cloud build-up. Basically more typical August heat…

See this morning’s video.

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Tags: atlanta weather, Southeast Drought, southeast heat wave 2016