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| Drought Map – USDA |
Alex Sosnowski
AccuWeather
A number of short-term and long-term factors are resulting in building drought conditions over a large part of the East. The dryness is also raising the risk of brush fires.
More than half of the 50 states are experiencing abnormally dry to drought conditions, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor’s Sept. 7 release.
On the Eastern Seaboard, Virginia and North Carolina were experiencing the worst of the dry weather. However, recent dry conditions have a number of states creeping from abnormally dry conditions to moderate drought status.
Very low humidity, combined with an active wind and little or no rainfall, is the more noticeable trigger. The low humidity and wind raise evaporation rates, while there is no rain to replenish the moisture.
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