Pam Knox
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The latest monthly summary for the May 2024 climate for North Carolina was published today by the State Climate Office there. It discusses the wet conditions there compared to much drier conditions in April and how warmer than normal temperatures contributed to above-normal accumulations of growing degree days there. You can read more at https://climate.ncsu.edu/blog/2024/06/soaking-showers-summer-sizzle-show-up-in-may/.
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Hail can devastate a field in just a few minutes, flattening crops and causing bruising or loss of leaves. The initial sight of the hail-damaged field may lead producers to assume the crop is a complete loss. But according to this article from the Indiana Prairie Farmer, hail damage to soybeans (and most likely other…
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Brian Brettschneider, @Climatologist49 on Twitter, is one of the first climatologists to provide climate summary maps for the US after the end of each month and season. Here are the maps he produced for May and the March-May periods. They show that May was warmer than normal everywhere but it was especially hot in Florida…
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The final outlook for the June 2024 climate was issued late last week by NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center. It shows that a lot of the region does not have a strong climate signal for June, but Florida and southern Alabama lean towards warmer than normal conditions and Alabama is more likely than the rest of…
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Even though the weather has not been perfect for planting in a lot of the Southeast, there is one place that has had almost perfect weather for cotton planting. The North Carolina Blacklands, with its rich, fertile farmland that hugs the Atlantic Coastline, usually has cool and wet weather in spring, but this year had…
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The latest 7-day QPF map shows that most of the region should see their wettest conditions midweek, although amounts will not be large. In South Florida, the rain will be the heaviest over the next three days and showers should taper off later in the week. The area of central Florida with the worst drought…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released on Thursday, shows that the only state in the Southeast that has drought is Florida, although a few patches of abnormally dry conditions (D0) are found in Alabama, North and South Carolina, and Virginia. The total area of dry conditions in central Florida has not changed much but a section…
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