Pam Knox
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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…
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Is there a long-term trend in hurricanes? In the past, scientists have thought that there was a 30-year cycle in hurricane numbers, but more recent studies have shown a trend in Atlantic hurricanes that is increasing over time. Interestingly, this trend does not appear in records for other basins. Here is a new study published…
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The recent dry weather has not been all bad. Clint Thompson of Vegetable and Specialty Crop News reports that onion planters in Georgia are ahead of usual in getting their onion sets in the ground due to the dry and sunny conditions. Usually, they start around November 1 and end around Christmas, but this year,…
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The Texas freeze in February 2021 and the heat wave that hit the Pacific Northwest this past summer both had significant effects on fruit production in those regions. Here are a few stories that describe some of the issues they had. Growing Produce: Texas Citrus Crop on the Comeback Trail from Winter Storm Damage Citrus…