Pam Knox
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According to a recent article in Farm Progress, the current very strong El Nino is near its peak intensity as one of the strongest El Ninos on record. There is now a 54% chance water temperatures will reach 3.6F above normal across the key region, according to the U.S. Climate Prediction Center. Those odds were…
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After many years, Georgia and Alabama have apparently come to an agreement with the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers on how much water will be allocated to each state in future years. The agreement still has to be approved by the COE after a period of public comment, so it will be a while…
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As expected, NOAA announced that the earth as a whole had its warmest November in recorded history based on data since 1880. This is especially due to the unusually warm Atlantic, the Arctic, and the wide area of warmer than normal ocean temperatures in the Eastern Pacific due to the current strong El Nino. When…
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If you’ve ever been close to a tornado, you might have heard it. Some people describe it as a freight train, others like a swarm of angry bees. But scientists are now looking at infrasonic sound waves at very low frequencies (1 to 10 Hertz) to see if those sounds can be used to predict…
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A strong Gulf low is expected to bring a lot of rain to parts of the Southeast this weekend and early next week as it moves across the region and up the East Coast. This QPF map shows the forecast amounts but the actual amounts that you receive will depend on the exact path and…
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NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center released their latest ENSO discussion today. In it, they discuss the likelihood of El Nino continuing through the winter. By the April through June period they predict that neutral conditions are most likely, and by July through September there is almost an equal chance of neutral and La Nina conditions. Since…
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The next time you go outside to do yard work, take the time to consider what kind of power tools you are using. If you are using gas-powered blowers and other yard equipment, you may be contributing to the particulate load in your neighborhood. Garden equipment generally has very inefficient motors that spew a lot…
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