Climate outlooks
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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…
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Clyde Fraisse of AgroClimate.org has put together a useful description of current climate conditions and impacts of the latest climate outlook on areas of future concern for farmers, including fungal disease and pest pressure. You can read it at the Panhandle e-News at https://nwdistrict.ifas.ufl.edu/phag/2018/03/02/late-winter-agroclimate-update/.
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The latest QPF forecast shows lighter amounts of rain this week than the last couple, which should be good for farmers trying to get field work done in the wetter areas, but not so good for those in the drier areas who need good soil moisture for planting. The majority of the rain will fall…
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The Climate Prediction Center released their latest outlook for March 2018 today. It shows that drought is likely to expand along the southeast coast of Georgia as well as the Florida peninsula. This is likely due to the combination of lower than normal precipitation expected along with a slightly increased chance of above normal temperatures…
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As you know, the last few weeks have been much MUCH above normal in temperature across the Southeast, with temperatures in many places setting daily records for maximum and high minimum temperatures and quite a few stations expected to set all-time February daily and monthly records. One of the results of this warm weather is…
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The area of rain that has been dumping inches of rain on the Ohio River Valley is expected to stay mostly to the north and west of the Southeast, but may sag south long enough to bring rain to Alabama and northern Georgia as well as the Carolinas and Virginia while leaving the Florida peninsula…
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