Pam Knox
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Satellites have given us the ability to look for patterns over large parts of the globe. Google Earth, which provides these images along with mapping capabilities, has given us the chance to look for patterns like straight lines in the local terrain. In the past, Landsat photos have been used to identify tornado tracks in…
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In the Southeast, El Nino and La Nina affect our local climate, which can influence the yield and condition of crops in our region. But El Nino and La Nina also affect climate in other parts of the world, and using knowledge of what state the El Nino Southern Oscillation is in can be used…
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A storm is expected to move through the Southeast this week, bringing an inch or more of rain to a lot of the region other than the Florida panhandle. The rain will start in Alabama on Sunday and will move east and northeast across the region over the next few days. It will move out…
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Much of the Southeast was dry this summer except for areas that got hit by either Debby or Helene or both. This article from Southeast Farm Press describes the difference that even 4 inches of irrigation made this year on yields of corn and soybeans in NE Alabama, which got missed by most of the…
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The North Carolina State Climate Office published their November climate summary today. You can read it at https://climate.ncsu.edu/blog/2024/12/warm-weather-delays-winters-chill-in-november/.
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The latest Drought Monitor, released today, shows that dry conditions and drought have significantly expanded in North Carolina, northern South Carolina, southern Virginia, and eastern Tennessee this past week due to very low rainfall. A few scattered areas in other parts of the region also saw small increases in dry conditions, especially in Florida. Next…
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December 1st marks the beginning of winter according to climatologists and meteorologists. It was originally done by whole months because it was easier to do the statistical calculations by hand if entire months were used rather than the changing dates of the astronomical seasons, but it turns out that climatological seasons match better with the…