Pam Knox
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Deke Arndt at the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) has a recent blog post at Climate.gov which provides some perspective on temperatures around the globe in 2014 to date and what it means for the yearly temperature record. The post points out that the globe has already set several temperature records this year and that […]
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If you are looking for a point-specific hourly weather forecast for applications like spraying, you might be interested in this product from the National Weather Service. It is a graphical hour-by-hour forecast for your location (by lat/long) that is available online. For most of Georgia you can go to https://www.srh.noaa.gov/forecast/gridpoint.php?site=ffc and either enter your lat/long […]
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The first of two cold fronts will pass through the Southeast on Wednesday, bringing a few showers to the area. A second cold front is expected to come through on Friday, bringing even colder temperatures this weekend. Temperatures below freezing are predicted for large portions of northern Georgia on Saturday and Sunday mornings, with high […]
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One of the questions I am sometimes asked about is the effects of changes in sea ice in the Arctic and Antarctic on weather in other parts of the world. As you may know, Arctic sea ice has generally been decreasing since the 1970’s, while Antarctic sea ice is increasing, although not at the same […]
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Many of us in the Southeast have been enjoying the unusually warm weather we’ve had for the past few days. In fact, Macon tied their record high of 88 F today (old record was in 1919) and Savannah and Augusta broke their records with 90 F observed today at both locations. This marks the latest date on […]
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It is approaching the end of the month, and most of Georgia except for the counties along the northern border and a patch in SW Georgia have experienced below normal rainfall, even in a month that is usually the driest month of the year. Parts of east central Georgia have only received between 10 and […]
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The Southeast Cattle Advisor recently published a newsletter article describing the economic benefits of grazing cool season annual forages as a way to reduce the costs of feeding. You can read the article here. They show that providing cool season annual forage can be a cost-effective way to reduce winter feeding costs for cattle, depending […]
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