Climate and Ag in the news
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I wanted to take a moment today to recognize the incredible work by the National Weather Service in warning about the tremendous flooding that affected South Carolina this week. These dedicated public servants work 24/7 to provide timely and useful weather and river forecasts for all of us every day, and often go out of…
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Southeast Farm Press reported this week that almost all grain sorghum fields in North Carolina have begun to sprout due to wet conditions following a dry spell. According to the article, “Preharvest sprouting of grain sorghum occurs when there is a period of prolonged rainfall, high humidity, high temperature and alternate periods of wetting and…
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Here is the latest 7-day rainfall total derived from radar for the Southeast, counting rain received through this morning. Note how much of South Carolina has been covered by 20 or more inches of rain in the last week, and in fact most of that in the last three days. And today we are still…
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Deke Arndt of the National Centers for Environmental Information posted another great entry this week on how El Niño varies from year to year in the “Beyond the Data” blog. You can read it at https://www.climate.gov/news-features/blogs/beyond-data/not-what-i-ordered-how-el-ni%c3%b1o-bad-bartender.
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If you’ve been following the news this weekend you can’t help but see many stories about the massive and unprecedented flooding which is occurring in South Carolina and surrounding areas right now. Some areas in South Carolina have reported over 24 inches of rain in a single day! And the rain is still falling over…
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The journal Nature posted a new article this week on the long-term consequences of drought on California agriculture and why things may have to change in the future in spite of short-term relief from El Niño. You can read the article at https://www.nature.com/news/california-agriculture-weathers-drought-at-a-cost-1.18457.
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The latest forecast for rainfall from the current combination of weather events is shown below. Note that the general pattern and amount of rain expected has not changed. The NWS is still expecting historic rainfall amounts in South Carolina and heavy rain in adjoining areas of North Carolina and Georgia. Slight changes in the weather…