Pam Knox
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This week, NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center released their latest 3-month climate outlook for the United States. What does this mean for conditions in the Southeast in the coming growing season? The CPC outlook shows a continuation of the current La Niña pattern of warmer and drier conditions across the Southeast that has occurred over most…
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After a fairly quiet weekend across the Southeast, rain chances will really ramp up for northern areas, especially along the Appalachians, with heaviest amounts coming mid-week. Meanwhile, southern regions will see no rain at all as they will be under the influence of high pressure. Week 2 looks like it will be fairly cool and…
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NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center issued their March through May climate forecasts today. They show a continuation of the typical La Nina pattern in temperature and precipitation for both March and the March through May period. The seasonal drought outlook shows that drought is likely to continue or expand in a lot of Florida and up…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released this morning, shows that most areas in the Southeast did not see any change in drought status. However, in Florida the area of abnormally dry (D0) conditions expanded quite a bit, and in Georgia a small area of moderate (D1) drought was added to the coast just south of Savannah.…
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NOAA has recently released a new technical report describing the rises in sea level to be expected over the next 30 years. The report describes how quickly the sea level is rising at various places along the US Coast and provides links to a website that allows you to view sea level rise projections for…
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While we have been fairly wet here in the Southeast, in many other parts of the world they are experiencing much drier conditions and drought. Here is a story from Morning Ag Clips discussing the impacts of severe drought on crops in Spain and Portugal. I was surprised to read that there has been almost…
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We are halfway through February 2022, so it’s time to take a quick look at how the month is shaking out climatologically so far. For most of the Southeast, temperatures have been above normal. The exceptions are parts of western Alabama, southern Georgia, and most of Florida. Precipitation has been mostly lower than normal other…
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