Climate and Ag in the news
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This time of year we are subjected to all sorts of lists of the best, worst, and most notable of the past year. Summaries of the past year’s events are also posted frequently. Weather and climate are no exception. Here is a collection of “highlights of 2022” focused on US or world weather and climate…
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We are very excited in the UGA Atmospheric Sciences program to have access to a brand-new radar system that we have purchased jointly with Georgia Tech. It will fill in an area of northeast Georgia that is not well-covered by current National Weather Services radars and will also serve as a teaching tool for our…
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If you are interested in historical thrillers, you can’t do much better than learning about the weather forecasts behind the D-Day invasion of June 6, 1944. A new movie out in theaters now,”Pressure,” describes how the forecast was made and used to authorize the invasion of the beaches in Normandy, France, during World War II.…
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I am happy to introduce the new State Climatologist for North Carolina, Dr. Jared Bowden, who started as the director of the North Carolina State Climate Office on May 1. He brings a wealth of information and experience to the position and I hope those of you who are in North Carolina will take advantage…
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Weather conditions this year have resulted in a smaller peach crop than usual. The drought has led to fewer problems with diseases but the peaches are smaller than usual and so producers are using micro-irrigation to try to increase their sizing. They also noticed delayed problems with the cold weather that occurred on March 16,…
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As we go into the hottest part of the year, it is important to monitor conditions to make sure you are protecting yourself, your family, and your workers against heat illnesses. The North Carolina State Climate Office has produced a new map tool that shows how the wet bulb globe temperature (WBGT) is distributed across…
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There have been many impacts from the current exceptional drought in the Southeast. One that has not been mentioned until lately is the decrease in stream flows on many of the region’s rivers. Many water bodies, including reservoirs and farm ponds, have lost a lot of water due to the combination of no precipitation and…
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If you like literary discussions about weather and climate, you might enjoy this essay from Literary Hub on conversations about the weather and the words we use to describe it. It also describes how our conversations about the weather have changed over time. You can read it at https://lithub.com/what-we-talk-about-when-we-talk-about-the-weather/.
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Even though most of the Southeast is in drought, there have still been some recent locally-heavy rain events in the past week that have brought several inches of rain in a few hours to some parts of the region. What can this heavy rain do to recently-planted gardens? Here is an interesting article that describes…