Pam Knox
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While there is a drought out west, here in the Southeast we have seen an abundance of rain this year. That has led to very wet soils and all the problems that go with them. Here is a good story from Morning Ag Clips on approaches you can take as home gardeners to help your…
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I’ve busy with two conferences this week, including the UGA Ext Emergency Prep Small Team Members group (hello, new subscribers!) so have not posted much. Here’s a brief update on the tropics for planning purposes. It won’t surprise you to know that the Atlantic is quite active right now. We are entering the peak time…
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August 26, 2021 | 3:00 pm EDT Florida BRACE announced a webinar this week that you might find of interest. Presented by Jake Carstens, Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Science, Florida State University. Tropical cyclones frequently impact Florida, and recent hurricanes have included Irma (2017), Michael (2018), and Sally (2020).…
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My Windows queue is getting filled with links to a bunch of climate-related stories that I found to be of interest in the last couple of weeks. Most of them are related to recent extreme weather and climate events that have occurred around the US and the world. You might be interested in some of…
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This week a slow-moving front will increase the chances of rain this weekend, although they will be spotty. After the front moves through, we should be back to the regular routine of a chance of thunderstorms each afternoon, although chances will decrease later in the week. The East Coast will see the most rain, but…
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The latest tropical outlook for TS Henri indicates that it is now likely to hit Long Island, New York, with a chance of hitting the Big City itself. I lived there for two years and have a hard time imagining how wild it would be with hurricane-force winds whipping through the skyscrapers. If you have…
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My husband teaches introductory weather and climate at the University of Georgia. He likes to spice things up by including weather-related songs at the beginning of each class. This year he managed to put them all together in a Spotify playlist. Each of these was picked to match the topic for that day’s lecture. If…
Posted in: Climate and Ag in the news