Pam Knox
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The wet temperatures in July have contributed to a rise in the occurrence of scab on pecan trees across Georgia and adjacent areas. Hot and dry conditions in June kept the scab in check but when the wetter conditions returned in July, scab became more of an issue. Producers were applying fungicides frequently to reduce…
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As expected, the August 2024 precipitation was a feast or famine depending on where you are. The pattern was dominated by the passage of Hurricane Debby early in the month. That brought a lot of rain to Florida and eastern parts of the region but left a lot of the rest dry. Temperatures varied across…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released earlier this week, show that dry conditions expanded across Alabama as well as western parts of Georgia and Florida this week in the areas that were not affected by Hurricane Debby. There was very little rain there and temperatures were warmer than normal. There were no changes in Virginia from…
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The latest 7-day QPF forecast (Quantitative Precipitation Forecast) for rainfall in the next 7 days shows that we are returning to a rainier state over the next week after a slow increase in drought conditions for the past couple of weeks. A pair of fronts are supposed to move through the area this weekend, bringing…
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I typically do not mention the Farmer’s Almanac (or the Old Farmers’ Almanac) in my blog because I know how unscientific it is and how poorly it does when rigorously tested. But I thought you might enjoy reading this blog post from the Colorado Climate Blog written by my colleague Peter Goble, who goes into…
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The yearly global climate summary for 2023 is now available from the American Meteorological Society. This is the 34th year in a row that a similar summary has been written. You can go right to the document at https://www.ametsoc.org/index.cfm/ams/publications/bulletin-of-the-american-meteorological-society-bams/state-of-the-climate/ or you can read a blog post with the key messages here.
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Fall armyworms are plaguing pastures and hayfields in many areas of the Southeast. This year they have been particularly bad, and I have pictures of significant damage to peanuts and lawns, which are not always affected. In Georgia armyworms have been observed in most counties except near the coasts, in the mountains, and in metro…