January 2022
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The latest Drought Monitor, released this morning, shows just slight changes in drought this week. Generally, the northern and western areas saw small decreases while Georgia and Florida shows small increases. Puerto Rico was the same as last week. Good rain in the next week is expected in the next week and is likely to…
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I’ve been tied up with training and grant-writing this week, but have been getting lots of questions about the potential for wintry weather in northern Georgia and adjacent areas this weekend. I will take a more detailed look tomorrow, but thought I would share a couple of related websites that might be helpful. I think…
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The Southern Group of State Foresters posted an interesting perspective on our forests, including the challenges they face from urbanization, climate changes, and market drivers. They also provide solutions to counter the challenges they are facing. While I find their commentary to push wood products and commercial forestry a bit (not surprising), they do provide…
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The monthly climate summary for the US for December and for 2021 as a whole was released today by NOAA. The summary shows that the U.S. experienced its 4th warmest year since records began in 1895. This in spite of the very cold February this year. The extremely warm December, especially in the middle of…
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Tuesday, January 11, 2021 at 10 am ET/9 am CT Join us for the Southeast Climate Monthly Webinar! These webinars provide the region’s stakeholders and interested parties with timely information on current and developing climate conditions such as drought, floods, and tropical storms, as well as climatic events like El Niño and La Niña. Speakers…
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There have been a lot of changes in how we work, shop, and travel since the pandemic started to shut things down in March 2020, almost two years ago. You might wonder whether some of these changes have affected the atmosphere and the weather. Here is an interesting story I saw today about a recent…
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I am a chapter author for the Southeast chapter of the upcoming 5th National Climate Assessment. We are now taking public comments on the chapter outlines. I encourage you to view the outlines for the Southeast chapter as well as the Agriculture chapter and any others that may be related to your work and submit…