Pam Knox
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In a post earlier this week I talked about the source of all the cold air that has been affecting the US this month. The source region for the frigid air was northern Russia and Siberia. This week NASA posted their October 2014 climate summary, which showed that the earth as a whole was the…
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After a beautiful Saturday for most of the Southeast, heavy rain should fall across most of the region. Some areas could see as much as four inches. Some areas in southern Georgia and Alabama could see severe weather on Sunday, including strong wind gusts and isolated tornadoes. As the low moves through the Southeast, the area…
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One of the stories that has not been widely reported in the news about the Buffalo snowstorm is the impact on local dairies. AgWeb listed a story from Dairy Today which indicates that a number of dairies in the affected area are dumping milk because the milk trucks were unable to get through the badly…
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The Washington Post printed an article this week that discussed the costs of protecting homes or buying out homeowners for coastal properties that flood repeatedly at high tides. Based on estimates from five cities along the East Coast in Virginia, the costs to compensate homeowners for homes with “repetitive losses” that are insured under the…
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The State Climate office of North Carolina published a blog article today which describes some global patterns that can affect winter weather. In the past, we’ve looked at the impacts of El Nino and La Nina. But there are other patterns which can also steer climate patterns into colder or warmer patterns that may become…
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Growing Georgia published an article by Allison Floyd today discussing the opportunities for Southern vegetable farmers due to the continuing drought in California. You can read the article here. Because of the severe water restrictions in California, growers in Georgia are being asked to expand into other varieties of vegetables, including green leafy vegetables which…
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NOAA released their latest outlook for December and for December through January today. The new forecasts are not a big change from previous forecasts, and the 3-month winter forecast is still leaning towards the development of a weak El Nino, with wetter than normal conditions expected in the southern part of the Southeast along the…
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