Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook for the Southeast Region for March - May 2021. Dated June 2021.
Above-average mean temperatures were recorded over parts of Virginia, North Carolina and Florida. Near-average mean temperatures were recorded over the rest of the Southeast. Precipitation ranged from below normal in the eastern Carolinas and southern Florida to above normal in Alabama.
Soil moisture has been recognized as a key variable for assessing the onset and magnitude of both drought and flooding hydro-extremes, but accurately measuring it over a large spatial extent and systematically reporting it have proven to be challenging. In response to this need and with support from NIDIS, the NOAA Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research's Weather Program Office funded a new project to enhance the soil moisture monitoring network in Alabama, Georgia, and Florida and to improve the application of soil moisture data to decision making in the region.
