Climate and Ag in the news
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NOAA released their official forecast for the Atlantic tropical season today. The full text is below. The forecast says that a near-normal number of storms is the most likely outcome. This means that there is a 70% likelihood of 10-16 named storms, 4-8 hurricanes and 1-4 major hurricanes. Forecasts do not include the likelihood of…
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The Australian Bureau of Meteorology was the first government agency to announce the arrival of the strong El Niño which has affected global climate this past winter. Now they have declared that the El Niño is over due to their observations of declining ocean temperatures in the eastern Pacific Ocean, where the signal is strongest.…
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The tropical disturbance in the Atlantic continues to grow, and the National Hurricane Center now has it at an 80% chance of development within 48 hours, or by Saturday evening. For most of the Southeast, that should not be a concern, but if you live in or are going to the coast of Georgia, South…
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AgWeb posted an interesting story earlier this week about problems that farmers in the Pacific Northwest are having growing alfalfa this year. Spring has been very warm and that has caused the crop to mature earlier, which the author said resulted in stems growing at the expense of leaves. This means that while tonnage is…
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Growing Georgia had an interesting video this week on the current harvest of blueberries that is underway now in the southeast part of the state, centered on Alma. The featured grower noted that damage from wind and hail in a recent severe storm damaged about one percent of his crop due to blemished fruit. But…
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From time to time I get asked what you need to do to become a meteorologist. Not many people realize how much math there is in getting a degree in atmospheric science or a related program. Dr. Marshall Shepherd has a good description of what it takes to get a degree in meteorology in his…
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Just for fun, U. S. Tornadoes has an interesting post about the dates with the most and the fewest tornadoes in the United States. The day with the most? May 25 (today!). The date with the least: January 16. You can check out the statistics and see some maps of tornado tracks on the busiest…