Tropical weather
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Here are a few more recent stories I have read on a variety of impacts of Helene on agriculture, mostly in Georgia. I also included a couple of links at the end discussing the long-term financial impacts on farmers and homeowners and a link to the FEMA Rumor Response page, which is what they posted…
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The area of disturbed weather in the Gulf of Mexico has finally coalesced into a tropical depression earlier today and is now Tropical Storm Milton. Milton is expected to deepen as it moves over the very warm Gulf of Mexico and is predicted to hit somewhere along the West Coast of Florida midweek, potentially as…
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The latest 7-day tropical outlook shows Hurricane Kirk as a major hurricane out in the central Atlantic and Tropical Storm Leslie, which formed today and is also expected to reach major status in a few days. Kirk is expected to turn north and then northeast in quick order and could threaten Europe in a few…
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The latest 7-day tropical outlook shows that the area of potential development in the western Caribbean has decreased from 50% to 40% chance of occurring in the next seven days. Most models show that any development is going to be very slow to pull together as the area of convection enters the Gulf of Mexico.…
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I can’t begin to list all the stories about Hurricane Helene that I have seen in the media for the past few days, but here are a few that are of special interest because they address agriculture and safety. New York Times: How Helene Wrought So Much Havoc, So Far From the Coasts Washington Post:…
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The latest 7-day outlook from the National Hurricane Center shows that while Helene has dissipated, there are two new named storms in the Atlantic, Hurricane Isaac and Tropical Storm Joyce. Both of them are moving away from the US and will not affect us. There is also an area with a 70% chance of development…
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The latest information from the National Hurricane Center indicates that Helene is now expected to become a Category 4 major hurricane before it makes landfall on Thursday evening. It will still be a powerful hurricane when it moves through Tallahassee and into Georgia west of Valdosta. The latest maps show hurricane warnings as far north…
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