Pam Knox
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NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center issued their latest ENSO outlook today. It shows that La Nina is still hanging on in the Eastern Pacific Ocean and has even gotten slightly stronger this month. But the forecast continues to show a transition to neutral conditions is coming soon with a likely swing to El Nino by late…
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I have been seeing many pictures of the damage inflicted on the crops in Florida from the cold outbreaks we have experienced in the past few weeks on Facebook. Areas that are usually free from freezing conditions were busy growing vegetables, strawberries, sweet corn, and citrus until the cold slammed into them. Some freeze protection…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released this morning, shows that drought has expanded across the region this week. The area of extreme (D3) drought has doubled, and only three percent of the region has no drought at all. The largest area of extreme drought is in southern Georgia and northern Florida, where dry conditions cover most…
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The latest 7-day QPF map shows that rain is finally coming to parts of the Southeast in the next week, which could improve drought conditions in some areas. A small amount of rain is likely to fall early Wednesday morning but won’t amount to much. The bigger event starts on Saturday in northwestern Alabama and…
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Forages this year have taken multiple hits from the weather, first with the fall drought, then the early freeze in mid-November, and then the cycles of warm and cold conditions that we have seen this winter. Many types of forage have been impacted by the cold weather in the past few weeks, leading to loss…
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February 5th is National Weatherperson’s Day. The day commemorates the birth of John Jeffries in 1744. Jeffries, one of Americas first weather observers, began taking daily weather observations in Boston in 1774 and he took the first balloon observation in 1784. You can read more at https://www.weather.gov/cae/NationalWeatherpersonsDay. Today I celebrate all of my friends, colleagues,…
