Severe drought is the third-worst of five drought categories, ranging from abnormally dry to exceptional drought. The estimated population in the Southeast impacted by drought has risen to 18.6 million. Atlanta is over 6 INCHES Behind/Below normal on Rainfall! The rapid growth of this drought and continued dry weather into October are largely due to a stuck weather pattern that includes a stagnant bubble of high pressure over the Southeast and a jet stream that continues to pull moisture from northern Mexico into the Midwest without much intrusion into the Southeast. Extreme drought in parts of Alabama and Texas. Underneath the dome of high pressure in the southeast over the past month, sinking air has caused warmer than average temperatures many days of record breaking heat well into the 90's close to 100 many days and little to no precipitation have led to severe and some extreme drought conditions.
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