Climate and Ag in the news
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As you might expect, I’ve had a lot of questions about hurricanes this week. Mostly they have been about Hurricane Dorian (I’ll post more about that in a minute), but some have been about hurricanes in general. One question I’ve gotten is whether hurricanes are affected by our warming climate. The answer is more complicated…
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For climatologists, today is the first day of fall. We use calendar months instead of the astronomical calendar because in the past it was easier to do climate calculations using the calendar month. But it turns out that the climatological seasons are better aligned with what we actually see in the annual swing of temperatures…
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The good news is that Hurricane Dorian has slowed down. That gives us more time to prepare, since now it is not likely to be affecting Georgia (except for coastal areas, which will get hit sooner) until the middle of next week or later. We also have more confidence in where the storm is likely…
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One of the stories in the news this week (besides politics and Hurricane Dorian), was the release of the Farmers’ Almanac winter forecast. They get a tremendous amount of press for something that is basically as good as pure chance, according to Popular Mechanics here. Of course climatologists have known for a long time that…
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Some pretty significant changes in the path of Hurricane Dorian over the last day have increased the risk of significant impacts to Georgia this weekend and next week. Dorian’s path has been farther east than originally forecast, which means that its circulation has avoided the mountainous terrain of the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico. That…
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If you’ve been paying attention to weather news this week, you are surely aware that there is a tropical storm in the Atlantic that could cause problems for the Southeast by Labor Day weekend. The storm is named Dorian, and it is currently passing through the western Atlantic with an expected turn to the northwest…
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With Tropical Storm Dorian strengthening in the Atlantic Ocean and possibly headed for the Southeast over Labor Day weekend, now is a great time to review what the National Hurricane Center’s “cone of uncertainty” means so that you can take appropriate actions if the cone approaches your area. Note that you do NOT need to…