Pam Knox
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I know there are some folks who love to fish who read this blog. They may be interested in this recent story from Garden&Gun discussing the impacts of Helene’s floods on the brook trout and other aquatic life in the streams that were so devastated by the intense rainfall. While it is too early to…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released today, shows a big expansion of abnormally dry (D0) conditions across most of the Southeast with the exception of the Florida Peninsula due to the complete lack of rainfall and above normal temperatures that have occurred for most of October. However, the DM takes different longer time scales into account…
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As you know, the past few weeks have been exceptionally dry for the Southeast, even in October, which is generally the driest month of the year. A number of stations have not received one drop of rain this month, and that is expected to continue for the next week except for an area in South…
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Do you understand how to interpret NOAA’s monthly and seasonal climate outlooks? They are not based on the strength of the departure from normal conditions but describe the probability of the direction of the swing. This is commonly misunderstood by many people who try to use them. You can read a good explainer at https://www.climate.gov/news-features/understanding-climate/understanding-noaas-monthly-and-seasonal-climate-outlooks.
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While I have been busy answering hurricane-related calls and emails, there have been plenty of other weather-related topics discussed in recent news. Here are some more stories of interest that I saw lately that are not related to hurricanes. AgWeb: Georgia Farmer Reaps Bigger Yields By Focusing On Better Acres Farm Progress: Mississippi River dries…
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Over the past couple of months I have received many questions about weather-related crop insurance and why the counties designated by the RMA do not match what they have experienced in their area. Producers are frustrated when they experience weather that they think clearly meets the requirements for the insurance and yet they are not…
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In the last couple of days, Tropical Storm Nadine and Hurricane Oscar formed to the south of the US, but neither of them will affect our weather here. Nadine formed just before making landfall along the coast of Belize on the eastern Yucatan Peninsula and dissipated as it moved inland over Mexico. Oscar formed very…
Posted in: Tropical weather