Climate outlooks
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The latest 7-day QPF map shows that heavy rain will continue to fall in the northwestern parts of the region including northern Alabama, northwest Georgia and the western Carolinas and Virginia while largely skipping the Florida peninsula and the Atlantic coast. This could cause drought conditions in the already dry areas there to expand in…
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On Tuesday, March 20, at 11:00 am EDT I am giving a webinar/training class to UGA extension agents which includes a climate summary for 2017 and an outlook for the 2018 growing season. If you are interested, you are welcome to join the Zoom meeting by computer or telephone. Details for attending the meeting are…
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The NWS Southeast River Forecast Center has just released their latest water outlook for spring 2018. You can view the video at https://youtu.be/VSjnt5a5p18.
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A slow-moving front which will cross the Southeast in the next few days should bring much-needed rain to drought-stricken parts of Georgia, Alabama, and Florida. We may see some improvements in next week’s Drought Monitor as a result. By Thursday, the front should be out of the area, leading to dry conditions going into next…
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The latest climate outlook for Spring 2018 from NOAA shows a continuing increased chance of above-normal temperatures across the Southeast but especially in Florida, with equal chances for near, below or above normal precipitation. Drought in southeastern Georgia is expected to expand due to the warm temperatures. You can watch a video which discusses the…
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Rain will occur across the region this week, although the lightest amounts are expected to occur where most needed in southern Georgia and northern Florida. All of that rain will fall in the next three days as the next storm system moves through the area and will be followed by four days of no rain…
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Here is my latest short article on the climate outlook for the 2018 growing season, to be published in UGA’s Peanut Pointers newsletter later this week: In spite of what seemed like very cold temperatures over the winter, the April-like temperatures we experienced across the Southeast in February have left us well above normal in…