Pam Knox
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The latest Drought Monitor, released today, shows that most of the region from Virginia to Florida saw an increase in dry or drought conditions over the last week. The only exceptions were Alabama and Georgia, which received some moisture before the Tuesday data cutoff from the big snowstorm that occurred January 21-22. The areas that…
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On Tuesday we can expect to see the next potent winter storm move through the southern part of the region, starting in Alabama earlier on Tuesday but expanding rapidly eastward over the afternoon and evening of Tuesday. Most of Georgia and coastal SC and NC can expect to see wintry precipitation by Tuesday afternoon or…
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In the week I have received several questions about why this winter, which was predicted to be warmer and drier than usual, has been so cold. Here is a response I wrote to Bob Kemerait, UGA, about this winter’s crazy weather and the lack of warm weather (so far). You might find it helpful too.…
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Since we have been talking about the possibility of different types of winter weather, here are a couple of articles that you might appreciate describing the different types of wintry precipitation we can see (all of which will probably occur somewhere in the Southeast in the next two days) and a history of some extreme…
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Many of you are watching the developing story about the winter storm that is expected to affect parts of the Southeast this coming week, especially Tuesday and Wednesday. While the situation is still evolving and will continue to change over time, the models are coming into more agreement on when and where the storm is…
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Confidence is high that next week is going to be very cold across most of the region. Temperatures are likely to drop below freezing in nearly all of the region other than southern Florida and Puerto Rico several mornings from Monday through Thursday (depending on location and the final strength of the storm) and some…
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View Post Impacts from the variable rainfall this year, coupled with the devastating winds and rain from Hurricane Helene in late September, caused low morale for growers according to UGA pecan specialist Lenny Wells as quoted in Specialty Crop Grower. Poor yields and low prices both contributed to the discouragement of the growers. You can…