Pam Knox
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The latest 7-day QPF map shows dry conditions across the region except for Florida through the week. Light rain may occur late in the week into the weekend with the next front to move through the area. Cooler conditions will really make it feel like fall. Frost is likely across a lot of the northern…
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This is the time of year that winter outlooks are published by many different climatologists, meteorologists, and others (we are not even going to talk about the Farmers’ Almanacs, which are not scientific forecasts). One of the meteorologists I like to follow is Kirk Mellish of WSB in Atlanta. I have found he takes the…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released today, shows that the abnormally dry conditions that were present in southern parts of the region were removed from Florida and reduced in Georgia following rain the past week. However, in South and North Carolina and Virginia, there was an expansion of moderate drought conditions as they were largely missed…
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The latest monthly climate summary for the US for October 2021 was released earlier this week by NOAA. The data show that October 2021 was the sixth warmest since records began in 1895. It was also the 9th wettest October, thanks to some strong storms, especially out West (although not much tropical contribution from Atlantic…
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You might recall how hot it got last summer in the Pacific Northwest, with astoundingly hot temperatures. As you can imagine, it caused a lot of problems for fruit growers. Growing Produce published a story that described some of the impacts of the heatwave on their fruit production. The quotes and images are striking in…
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The State Climate Office of North Carolina published their winter outlook for the upcoming winter in their blog today. It discusses the impact of the double-dip La Nina that is occurring, the current dry conditions there, and the likelihood of snow. A lot of the discussion is generally relevant to the rest of the Southeast…
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The rainy and cloudy weather this summer has reduced the yield of pecans according to this article in Vegetable and Specialty Crop News. Pollination and early development was delayed due to spring weather and cloudy weather during the nut-filling season reduced the development of the kernels, leading to light yields compared to sunnier years. Producers…