Climate and Ag in the news
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A very tight low pressure center is located in the far northwest corner of Georgia tonight. The pressure of the storm in the center near Dalton GA was 981.2 millibars or 28.97 inches of mercury. This would be one of the lowest pressures ever reported in a non-tropical storm in Georgia and may set the…
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My heart goes out to the folks around the Southeast that have been hit by severe weather the past few days and the families that have lost loved ones. While the threat of the worst weather is mostly over, sooner or later another round will come. Here is an article from US Tornadoes which describes…
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I don’t usually post weather forecasts, but this one is so bad that I want to make sure it is widely seen. VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION The Storm Prediction Center (SPC) has placed most of South Georgia and northern Florida as well as southeast Alabama in the HIGH RISK category. Today, you need to stay tuned…
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The CoCoRaHS blog this week has a good description of how recent rains in California have affected the drought there. While northern California is now drought-free, southern California is still in drought, with a few areas even still in exceptional drought. You can read the blog at https://cocorahs.blogspot.com/2017/01/no-such-thing-as-free-lunch.html.
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AgWeb reprinted a story from Bloomberg News this week describing some troubling results of a study by researchers from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research and the University of Chicago. The study shows that with the warmer temperatures expected from global warming, yields of corn and soybeans could drop significantly. According to the article,…
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Meteorologists use Doppler radar to track precipitation across the country. It provides not only information about falling rain and snow, but also a sense of the direction of the winds, which can help provide information about potential severe weather such as tornadoes. But Doppler radar can also track other things in the sky, such as…
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What’s your favorite kind of weather? What temperatures do you like best? While there is likely to be a range of values in your group of friends, scientists generally define “mild” weather as temperatures between 64 and 86 degrees F, with less than a half inch of rain and dew points below 68 degrees F, indicative…