If it seems smoky outside, it is. I don’t know if some stupid with a flare gun was involved, but there is a wildfire at Fort Stewart …
and several more around the state of Georgia today (some of these might be normal spring burns):
It’s really dry in the Southeast, so those doing burns need to be really careful:
I’ve added drought data to the weather data page I’ve linked to subscribers. Here’s the current info for some local counties:
What this means is that for Chatham County GA, 100% all of the county is in a Severe Drought (D2), and 44.28% of the county(including my back yard) is in an Extreme Drought.
Not a lot of relief in sight. Tomorrow will hit the 80s again, a cool front will move through Tuesday/Wednesday and drop highs back into the upper 60s but I’m not hopeful the Frogmore Metroplex will get much rain out of it.
Of course you could smell this coming:
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