Pam Knox
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Two very strong tropical cyclones recent came onshore. Patricia slammed into a sparsely populated area of Mexico, while Chapala hit the war-torn area of Yemen in a very rare landfall on the Arabian Peninsula. Here are some images from the two storms which give you an idea of the impacts of the strong winds on…
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The Southeast Regional Climate Hub has recently mailed out a couple of newsletters that may be of some interest. Their latest newsletter describes some upcoming workshops on agriculture, forestry and climate-smart decision making. You can read it here. They also released a drought alert for November indicating the likelihood that drought in the Southeast will…
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Precipitation varied widely across the state of Georgia in October 2015. The impact of the South Carolina flood event was seen in the northeast, but other parts of the state were well below normal in precipitation. Temperatures across the state were near normal. Severe weather was officially reported only on the first day of the…
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National Public Radio had an intriguing story about a hay farm in Arizona that is owned by a Saudi dairy company and how it is affecting local groundwater levels. “That dairy company, named Almarai, bought the farm last year and has planted thousands of acres of groundwater-guzzling alfalfa to make that hay. Saudi Arabia can’t…
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“Silvopasture” is the combination of growing trees, forage and livestock together. The USDA National Agroforestry Center has put together a great list of resources online that describe how silvopasture works and what things agricultural producers need to consider if they are thinking about converting. There are also some useful worksheets that help you determine if…
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The Florida climate summary for October 2015 has been published by the Florida Climate Center and is now available at https://climatecenter.fsu.edu/products-services/summaries/climate-summary-for-florida-october-2015.
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NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information published a new article this week on the historical comparisons between the current strong El Niño and previous ones. You can read it at https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/monitoring-references/dyk/elnino-2015-2016. The article displays the difference between each of the historical El Niño years so you can see the year to year variation in where…