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In the Southeast, all eyes are looking to the west as a giant winter storm will be bearing down on us this weekend. The storm may bring heavy snows to some areas while freezing rain will cause havoc in regions to the south of the snow band. Here is an email I sent out to…
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The Farm Journal/AgWeb had an interesting story this week about the transition from La Nina and swing to El Nino and how weather conditions associated with each pattern affect planting and crop growth across the United States. As you might expect, the dry conditions we have had here in the Southeast could affect seed germination…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released today, shows that there were new additions of extreme (D3) drought in Alabama and Georgia this week in addition to what was already present in the Florida Panhandle. The only place where drought improved was in western Alabama. With the rain that will be moving through the region in the…
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If you have travel plans or group events planned for late this week and next weekend, you should be paying careful attention to the weather forecasts this week. Even if you are not going anywhere, you should be prepared for the possibility of snow or ice cutting off power and clogging transportation corridors for a…
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After a few dry days, a big precipitation event is expected to move through the region from west to east starting on Thursday and moving out to the east on Sunday and Monday. The heaviest precipitation is expected to fall to our west in Mississippi but northern Alabama and Georgia could receive up to two…
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Earlier this week NOAA released the latest monthly and seasonal climate outlooks for the US. They show that the current pattern of warmer and drier conditions in the southern part of the region associated with the weak La Nina we are in now is likely to continue for the next few months. This lingering effect…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released today, shows that while rain put a dent in a band of the region stretching from Mississippi to the western mountains of North Carolina, most of the region to the south and east of that rainy area got drier this week, increasing drought overall in the region. The biggest increase…
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