date:Jul 25, 2013
ondition index, the USDA data came in with a figure of 366, near the normal reading of 365, Mark Welch, at Texas AM University, said.
'Accelerated moisture losses'
It is in Europe that fears are growing over hot and dry conditions, with MDA warning on Monday that limited rains have allowed dryness to expand a bit across the UK, south eastern and north western France, central and southern Germany, northern Italy, Hungary, and Former Yugoslavia.
Heat in western areas has also accelerated moistu