Pam Knox
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The recent heat has affected Georgia watermelon production in both positive and negative ways. One of the things it did was to hasten ripening, so that most of the crop is now ripe. This has led to a glut on the market now as everything is ripening at once, but the supply could be lower…
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A recent study, published in the journal Nature Climate Change, found that the annual number of global hurricanes, typhoons and tropical storms — or tropical cyclones, more generally — declined by roughly 13% as the planet warmed during the 20th century. But one ocean basin had an increase in storms–the North Atlantic, which is the source…
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A few weeks ago, I wrote about how extension agents and agricultural producers in the Southeast can file reports on local conditions, including both droughts and floods. This hyper-local information is used by the weekly authors of the U. S. Drought Monitor to draw updated maps of drought conditions across the country. I took a…
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UPDATE: Video and summary available at Southeast Climate Monthly Webinar: June 28, 2022 | Drought.gov Join us for the Southeast Climate Monthly Webinar! These webinars provide the region’s stakeholders and interested parties with timely information on current and developing climate conditions such as drought, floods, and tropical storms, as well as climatic events like El…
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The latest 5-day outlook from the National Hurricane Center shows two areas of interest for the Southeast. The area with the higher probability of becoming a named storm is in the Main Development Area of the Atlantic Ocean, with a 60 percent chance of becoming a named storm. The models today generally showing this will…
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The latest 7-day QPF map shows that rain amounts should increase this week for most of the region. That is welcome news for producers who have been struggling with the dry and hot conditions. Over the weekend, most of the rain will be concentrated along the Gulf Coast, but by Tuesday rain should cover a…
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The latest Drought Monitor was released today, and it shows that across the Southeast, abnormally dry (D0) and moderate (D1) drought expanded due to the light rainfall and high temperatures that were experienced under a strong dome of high pressure. For agricultural producers, the hot and dry conditions could not come at a worse time…
Posted in: Drought