Yesterday NOAA issued their latest winter weather outlook. The story is here and the maps are below. Their forecast is based on the likely (67 percent chance) development of a weak El Nino in the next two months which would steer the subtropical jet stream across southern Georgia and Alabama…
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One of the projects that support this blog has announced that they have a newly designed web site and national blog on animal agriculture in a changing climate. That blog previously covered just the Midwest but has now expanded to cover the entire US. You can find a description of…
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AgWeb reports that Illinois farmers are seeing what could be their best yields ever on corn this year, in a story here. The farmers say that the combination of timely rains with a relatively cool summer has led to great production by their corn plants, even though the crops are…
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The Pentagon released a new report this week which discusses how the military will prepare for adapting to changes in climate which could impact operations around the globe. In particular, rising sea levels threaten military facilities along coastlines, sea lanes will change as the Arctic Ocean becomes more open due…
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Even though the storm system hitting the eastern US today is pretty strong, it pales in comparison to the massive low pressure center south of Iceland in the northeast Atlantic Ocean today. For a great picture of the streamlines of wind across the North Atlantic, go to https://earth.nullschool.net/#current/wind/surface/level/orthographic=-56.44,38.74,563 and watch…
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This surface temperature map and weather analysis shows the changes that are coming to the Southeast as the next cold front passes. On this map from Chris Robbin’s Facebook page, you can see the cold air behind the advancing cold front, which is just to the west of Mississippi. …
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A recent report on CNN.com lists some problems that farmers in Africa and other developing areas are experiencing due to recent changes in climate, including increased pest pressure and the need to change crops that are more appropriate for the newer climate. The writer points out that farmers can increase…
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