Pam Knox
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NOAA released the latest monthly summary for the United States for July 2022 earlier this week. It shows that this was the third warmest July in 128 years of record. In the Southeast, areas of central Florida experienced their hottest July on record. Rainfall varied quite a bit across the country and overall ranked in…
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While most farmers this year have been grateful for the transition to a rainier pattern after a dry June, it has caused some problems for farmers. Hot temperatures and saturated soils meant an early end to pollination and the early end of the squash and cucumber seasons. The wet soil also hindered harvest of some…
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I am speaking at a workshop this week in Atlanta that looks at drought prediction and impacts in the Southeast. One of the main topics of the workshop is flash drought, a drought that rapidly intensifies as rainfall drops to near zero in a prolonged dry spell and temperatures rise well above average. If you…
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Communicating the risks of extreme weather can be difficult even when you are speaking to native English speakers because of the specialized language and the amount of jargon that is often used. It becomes much more difficult when you are trying to get warnings to non-English speakers because many of the terms do not even…
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After a long calm spell, the tropics appear to be waking up, right on time as we approach the main part of the Atlantic hurricane season. The National Hurricane Center posted a 5-day outlook today that shows a wave coming off of Africa in the next day with a 40 percent chance of developing into…
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The latest 7-day QPF map shows that most areas of the Southeast should see decent rains this week, mostly in the form of scattered thunderstorms. The wettest area is likely to be the Florida Panhandle and Gulf Coast of Alabama, with wet conditions also off the East Coast of North Carolina. The driest areas are…
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Earlier this week NOAA came out with their revised forecast for the number of tropical storms and hurricanes expected in the Atlantic Ocean this season. Even though it has been relatively quiet, that is expected to change in the next couple of week and NOAA is still expecting an above average number of named storms.…