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NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center issued their latest ENSO outlook for the coming months earlier today. It shows that El Nino is likely to emerge in the May through July period and strengthen throughout the rest of this year, lasting into next winter. There is a chance that it could become a very strong event, although…
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Drought conditions cover most of the Southeast region causing significant impacts to agriculture, forestry, and water resources due to persistent dry conditions that date back to fall of 2025. This webinar will address the evolution of this drought, how it compares to previous events, sector-specific impacts across the region, state-level responses, conditions needed to improve…
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Even though most of the Southeast is in drought, there have still been some recent locally-heavy rain events in the past week that have brought several inches of rain in a few hours to some parts of the region. What can this heavy rain do to recently-planted gardens? Here is an interesting article that describes…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released this morning, shows that there were minor improvements in drought across most of the region this week based on rainfall that occurred before Tuesday morning. It is likely that additional improvements may be seen on next week’s map from rain that fell after the cutoff time. Drought got worse in…
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Here is another very useful post for someone who wants more weather information before they plan a trip. It was written by Alicia Wasula of STM Weather and is available at https://www.stmweather.com/blog/how-to-plan-a-trip-like-a-meteorologist. It provides a lot of resources for looking at the likely weather conditions in advance for packing purposes as well as deciding what…
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The latest 7 day QPF map for the US shows that there will be quite a difference in rain amount for the next three days over the Southeast. Florida and the adjacent areas of Alabama and Georgia will see a significant amount of rain over the next three days as a front stalled over the…
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With all of the droughts and floods that are currently going on across the US, it is not surprising that farmers are thinking more about water than they have for some time. The Farm Press published a recent article in which some farmers described what water meant to them, including a farmer from southern Georgia.
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