Climate and Ag in the news
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Dr. Marshall Shepherd of UGA has a new post on his blog at Forbes.com about some unusual facts about rain. Whether it is raining or not at your location, you might enjoy reading it. You can find it at https://www.forbes.com/sites/marshallshepherd/2015/11/02/4-odd-facts-about-rain/.
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I’ve read several articles on fall recently that I have really enjoyed. Since it is too wet to do much outside unless you have to (at least in my area), you might enjoy them too. First, the State Climate Office of North Carolina did a nice explanation of the changing color of the leaves at…
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Matt Daniel wrote a blog entry in EarthSky this weekend describing some of the scary weather that has been seen in horror movies. For Halloween you might enjoy reading about them at https://earthsky.org/earth/favorite-scary-weather-scenes-in-horror-movies.
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Heavy rain is expected to extend in a band across most of Alabama and northern Georgia for this weekend and Monday. Rain is starting to enter Alabama on Saturday morning, but should hold off for Georgia until after Halloween festivities (unless you party really late!). The rain is expected to be heavy at times and…
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Jeff Masters reported on the Weather Underground blog yesterday that a new global record high temperature for October was recorded on October 27 in South Africa. The temperature of 119 °F was observed at Vredendal and is the third highest temperature ever observed in South Africa. Masters says, “The new global October heat record was made…
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The Climate Learning Network posted a newsletter this morning describing a number of opportunities for workshops and webinars on forestry and agriculture. You can view these at the CLN blog here. One of the most useful for us in the Southeast is a webinar on Resilient Pine Management on November 19 at 1 pm EST.…
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A rare occurrence of a tropical cyclone (equivalent to a hurricane in the Atlantic) making landfall on the Arabian peninsula is expected to occur this week as Chapala moves west towards Yemen and Oman. Some areas of the desert countries could receive up to 8 years’ worth of rain in 1 to 2 days. Chapala…