Tools for climate and agriculture
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The preliminary statistics for April are coming in and show that most of the Southeast was much warmer than usual. The HPRCC climate maps from the High Plains Regional Climate Center below show that most of the area had temperatures of 2-4 degrees above average in the Carolinas , 4-6 degrees above average in Georgia…
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Monitoring the weather for planning or safety when severe conditions threaten can be a full-time job if you don’t know where to look. The Vane posted an excellent article which describes some of the best apps and web sites for tracking weather at https://thevane.gawker.com/here-are-the-best-websites-and-apps-you-can-use-to-trac-1698292812. Maybe you use some of these already. If there are others you…
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In the last week I’ve received 5.94 inches of rain in my gauge near Athens. Many areas of the Southeast received more than ample rain in the last few days. Fortunately, it looks like we may have a dry spell mid-week to cheer us up and help the farmers catch up on their field work.…
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Has all the rain this week caused problems with flooding? The National Flood Insurance Program has an online calculator that can show you the cost of a flood to your home at https://www.floodsmart.gov/floodsmart/pages/flooding_flood_risks/the_cost_of_flooding.jsp. The tool allows you to enter the size of your house and how deep a flood to consider and gives you an estimate…
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The Southeast Regional Climate Center has a useful display tool for showing the rankings of observed temperature values at NWS stations around the Southeast. Today a number of stations in the region set record high temperatures and a few more set record high minimum temperatures. The tool also allows you to look two days ahead…
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As the Miami Marlins learned yesterday, weather apps should be used carefully when planning short-term work that may be impacted by current weather. The Marlins play in a stadium with a retractable roof which is supposed to prevent rain delays. However, to do that it has to be closed. Yesterday, they started the game with…
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The USDA’s Southeast Regional Climate Hub (SERCH) has a new web site that you might find interesting. This climate hub will be helping to gather information on climate and management of working lands like agriculture and forestry. They will also link to other groups that provide tools and data on dealing with climate variability and…