Pam Knox
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NOAA’s Storm Prediction Center has published their annual overview of last year’s severe weather across the country at https://www.spc.noaa.gov/media/year-in-review/. You can see maps that describe where the tornadoes occurred in 2022, where lightning struck, where the most watches occurred, and other facts about last year’s severe weather that you might find interesting. Check out all…
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If you are like me, you like to read articles listing the “top ten” of a food type, a place to visit, or things not to say to your boss. Here’s one from Yahoo that lists ten foods that may be more difficult to buy next year. While some of the shortages are related to…
Posted in: Climate and Ag in the news -
From time to time, I get asked where the safest place to live can be found in the United States, or a county agent will ask me to document the natural hazards that have occurred in or near their county in the last. Money News provided a list of six free online sources of this…
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I recently ran across this USDA publication describing methods for adapting agriculture to increasing climate variability and climate change. While the publication is focused on the Midwest and Northeast, there are a lot of very good lessons for producers in the Southeast as well. I encourage you to take a look at it and see…
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The latest 7-day rainfall map shows that most areas of the region should see several rain events over the next week. The exception is the Florida Peninsula, which should remain mostly dry until late in the week. This general pattern is expected to continue over the next four weeks.
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Even though the cold outbreak of December is well in the past, impacts from the freezing weather are still being assessed. Here is some advice from the University of Florida on how to take care of frost-damaged citrus trees. This would also apply to more cold-hardy citrus like satsumas in Georgia and Alabama.
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The latest Drought Monitor, released today, shows a decrease in drought across the region. This was expected because of the significant amount of rain that we saw in the last week. The only increase was a minor amount of abnormally dry conditions (D0) in Virginia. More rain in the next week everywhere except for the…
Posted in: Drought