Pam Knox
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The North Carolina Climate Office posted their winter outlook earlier this week. It is no surprise that it reflects what we know about the current La Nina. While the signal of La Nina is not as strong in North Carolina as it is in northern Florida and Alabama and Georgia, this year’s strong event should…
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I don’t know about you, but watching clouds is one of my favorite things to do. Clouds come in an amazing variety of shapes, and what is even more amazing is that those shapes, and the colors of the clouds, too, are based on physical principles that can tell us something about the weather that…
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With all of the tropical weather we have had in the Southeast this year, it is no surprise that some of our crops like cotton were affected by the storms. This article in the Southeast Farm Press describes the kinds of damage that were seen in cotton this year and how the coastal areas were…
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The latest monthly outlook for December 2020 is now out from NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center. It shows that all of the Southeast is expected to be warmer than normal and that most of the region is also likely to be drier than normal. This is consistent with our expectation of the continuing strong La Nina…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released this morning, shows that abnormally dry (D0) have expanded in southeastern Georgia into the far northeast part of Florida. However, D0 coverage has decreased in South Carolina due to more recent rains. No big changes are expected for next week’s map.
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If you missed the webinar from the Georgia Climate Project earlier this week, the video is now available on YouTube here. It covers how trends in Georgia’s recent climate are expected to affect the health of folks in Georgia as well as surrounding areas, including impacts of heat, insect-carried diseases, and other health impacts.
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Vegetable and Specialty Crop News has provided several stories this week about how our weather this year has affected agriculture. Below you can find direct links to the stories. Alabama Pecan Producer Still Picking up Pieces Following Hurricane Sally Following Eta, Florida Farmer: Squash is Melting on the Plant Plethora of Plant Diseases Following Rainy…