Archive: May 2020
65 archived posts
- “All models are wrong but some are useful”
- $1 billion to protect one small Louisiana town from rising sea levels
- A Georgia clam farmer worries about the climate
- Another source of evapotranspiration data
- April 2020 had variable weather across the region
- Atlas Obscura: The Slippery Problem of Measuring Enormous Hunks of Hail
- BBC: The climate change clues hidden in art history
- Billion-Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters: Climatology
- Challenging Seasons for Georgia Blueberry Producers
- Climate explained: what caused major climate change in the past?
- Cold soil temperatures delay germination
- Cotton planting underway in Alabama
- CPC: Next three months expected to be warmer and wetter than normal
- Dry conditions putting stress on crops
- Dry except for southern Florida this week
- Education modules for learning about weather and climate
- Expansion of drought in Alabama and Florida could continue through May
- Fairly dry week except in southern Florida
- First tropical activity of 2020 may appear off of NC coast
- Forbes: Are you looking at the right radar?
- Forbes: Will a Tropical System Delay Historic SpaceX Astronaut Launch This Week?
- Georgia Cotton Farmers Overcoming Challenges During Planting Season
- Georgia has experienced fewer hurricanes in the last 50 years–will it continue?
- Global increase in hot and humid days threatens many
- Has the 100-year storm changed over time? It may depend on where you are.
- Heat index forecasts for days 3-7 at the Weather Prediction Center
- Historical climatology–Weather hidden in dusty tomes
- How cold soils affect germination
- How soil moisture sensors can help your irrigation scheduling
- How to protect your home from flood damage
- How to spot the symptoms of heat stroke and heat exhaustion
- Is La Nina on the way?
- It’s Hurricane Preparedness Week!
- Last call for participation in ACF Drought Dashboard discussion May 21
- Managing lightning damage in trees
- May 2020 colder than normal with precipitation near normal
- May freeze damaged corn in North Carolina
- Michigan dam-breaks show the danger of aging infrastructure in a warming climate
- Modern Farmer: Unsafe Workdays for Farmworkers Could Double by 2050 Due to Climate Change
- Most rain offshore this week except Florida Peninsula
- Most rain this week on periphery of region
- Mostly dry week ahead
- NCCO: Showers Soak the State During a Stormy April
- New Hurricane Insurance Program–what do the data say?
- New research shows tropical cyclones are getting stronger and are forming farther from the equator
- NOAA: 2020 Atlantic hurricane season expected to be more active than usual
- NOAA: 2nd warmest April on record for the globe
- NOAA: US was near normal in temperature and precipitation in April 2020
- Rain chances finally improve after a dry start to May
- Reduction in severe drought in FL but slight expansion of dry conditions in AL and GA
- SERCC: April 2020 climate summary for the Southeast now available
- Severe drought gone from southern Florida, minor decreases elsewhere
- Severe drought grows in Florida
- Southeast Climate Monthly webinar on Tuesday May 12 at 10 am EDT
- Tips for planting in cold conditions following a cold front
- Tropical hot-spots to watch this week, and some news about hurricane reporting
- Tropical Storm Bertha forms as it comes onshore near Charleston
- TS Arthur forms; 6th year in a row with a pre-season storm in the Atlantic
- Video: Southeast Climate monthly webinar from May 12
- VSC News: Blueberry Farmer Reflects on Lost Crop Following Hailstorm
- VSC: Watermelon Supply Down; Prices Stay High for Farmers
- Warming temperatures may move corn, soy north
- Watch: Mr. Tornado, Tuesday May 19 at 9 pm EDT
- Wide swings in temperature this spring cause problems for fruit
- ‘Sundarbans is finished’: Super cyclone Amphan leaves a trail of misery in Bengal