Climate and Ag in the news
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The National Weather Service is changing the language of their severe storm warnings. They have been using the word “Advisory” to indicate a chance of severe weather, but find it often gets confused with “Watch”. They would like your help to find a better plain language way to give the outlooks. You can help by…
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The National Hurricane Center is tracking a weak center of low pressure in the Gulf of Mexico that could develop into Tropical Storm Claudette in the next day. It is still quite disorganized, so predicting the path of the storm is somewhat difficult. However, the current path of the storm brings it onshore in eastern…
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On June 15, 1991, Mount Pinatubo erupted in the Philippines. It was the 2nd largest eruption of the 20th century and the most recent eruption big enough to affect the global climate. To remember that eruption, NASA provided a very interesting interview with John Murray, their disasters program associate director. He was there watching the…
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If you follow news articles about changing climate, you have no doubt seen many stories about melting sea ice, glaciers, and the big ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica. You might wonder why those changes are important to us here in the Southeast. Let me use a couple of recent articles I have seen to…
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The watermelon season is upon us, and according to Clint Thompson in Vegetable and Specialty Crop News, it looks like it will be a sweet and delicious year! The climate conditions for developing high-brix (sugar) watermelons have been almost perfect, with high temperatures, little rain, and lots of sunshine. You can read more at https://vscnews.com/watermelon-quality-brix-georgia-florida/.…
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Tropical Storm Bill developed quickly off the coast of North Carolina today and is expected to move off towards the northeast before it becomes extratropical and dissipates in about 48 hours. There is no threat to the US other than some high waves near the coast. Two other areas of concern have been identified by…
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I am a CoCoRaHS precipitation observer and have done it since 2008, which is a decent amount of time. But Yale Climate Connections posted a 3-minute video story about a man who has kept weather records at his home in the Virginia mountains since 1960. Maybe some of you have, too. He has a whole…
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