Pam Knox
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Yesterday we looked at the current state of La Niña and how it may affect our weather in the comings weeks and months. Today NOAA’s Climate Blog posted some additional information about La Niña and how it is described using different figures and graphs. You might find the extra information useful in understanding what La…
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The Garden Professors blog has two interesting and related posts describing how cold-hardy plants can survive temperatures well below freezing. If you are a gardener or farmer, you might be interested in reading about this. The two posts are listed below: Part 1: The mechanics of how plants survive cold temperatures https://gardenprofessors.com/a-gardeners-primer-to-cold-hardiness-part-1/ Part 2: How…
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The latest ENSO discussion was released by NOAA today. It shows that La Nina is still expected to continue through the winter and that it is likely to transition to ENSO-neutral conditions sometime in the spring. You can read the discussion at https://iri.columbia.edu/our-expertise/climate/forecasts/enso/current/?enso_tab=enso-cpc_update. I will add that it is quite rare for La Nina to…
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From a weather standpoint, it’s not beginning to look a lot like Christmas (at least not the wintry weather I grew up with in Michigan), but it’s just two weeks from Christmas so don’t wait to do your shopping. If you have someone in your life who loves the weather and you want to buy…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released today, shows big increases in the extent of drought in the Southeast. Moderate (D1) drought was reintroduced to Georgia and Alabama and expanded in other states. Severe (D2) drought also expanded in Virginia, North and South Carolina as they have had almost no rain in the last few weeks. Conditions…
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You might not think it if you live in the Southeast, but the month of November for the US as a whole was the 7th warmest on record (going back to 1895) due to the very warm conditions out west where there is a bad drought. Here in the Southeast, most of the region was…
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Today the National Weather Service office in Peachtree City GA had an online webinar on winter weather. In it, they mentioned a few websites they have for people to use in decision-making that you might find useful. I don’t know if other NWS offices in the region have similar pages, but you may be able…