NOAA released their latest monthly climate summary for March 2019 this morning. It shows that for the contiguous 48 states, March was a bit cooler than the long-term average and also in the driest third of all years. The year to date shows us as just slightly cooler than the…
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Growing Georgia posted a story today about estimates of damage due to the Midwestern storms earlier this spring. The estimates from Accuweather, which include a variety of different impacts from both the blizzard and extensive flooding, estimate that damages may be as much as $12.5 billion. And with another strong…
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The Southeast Farm Press has a short slide show, presented by UGA’s Eric Prostko, which describes all of the different ways that herbicide can disappear from your crops. Many of them are related to the weather, either rainfall or sunshine. You can view it here.
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One of the unexpected consequences of all of the trees blown down by Hurricane Michael last year in the Florida Panhandle was that flooding of creeks has increased. The downed tress are acting as dams in creeks they cross, slowing the water and backing it up into areas that are…
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The latest 7-day QPF map from this morning shows that most areas in the Southeast should get at least a half inch of rain, with everywhere except the Florida peninsula getting up to an inch. This should help keep the drought from expanding again on next week’s Drought Monitor. The…
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Some of you might be wondering if we are past the last frost of the year. The answer, of course, depends on where you are as well as the vagaries of the weather. I pulled out my crystal ball (just kidding, I use weather maps) to see if I could…
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The official hurricane forecast for the Atlantic basin from Colorado State University was released yesterday. It shows that they are expecting slightly fewer storms than usual for the basin, due in part to the continuing influence of the weak to moderate El Niño that is occurring now. You can read…
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