Tropical weather
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Earlier this summer in mid-August, Hurricane Laura deepened rapidly just before it came onshore in western Louisiana. In some ways it behaved quite a bit like Hurricane Michael did in 2018 when it hit Mexico Beach FL and crossed Georgia, causing a lot of agricultural damage. This time it was Louisiana and Arkansas that saw…
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While the tropical season rolls on and the rain from the remains of TS Beta are moving through parts of the Southeast today, extension agents and farmers are still assessing the damage from powerful storm Sally, which dropped up to 30 inches of rain in some locations and blasted coastal areas with hours of 100…
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Reports of impacts of Sally on agriculture in the Southeast continue to come in. While the rain from Sally was mostly beneficial in Georgia, softening soils ahead of peanut digging and providing moisture to dry pastures, it caused more damage in coastal Florida where extreme winds and rain devastated farm fields there. Here are a…
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The latest map from the Atlantic Ocean shows several tropical centers of activity. Wilfred has declined to a tropical depression and should not be a threat to anyone. Alpha (off the map to the east) made landfall in Portugal, bringing rain to that region. Hurricane Teddy is still a category 2 hurricane and is moving…
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As of Wednesday night, Sally has weakened to a depression and is slowly moving off to the northeast. It will continue to move through Georgia and the Carolinas on Thursday and Friday, dropping rain that could be as much as 10 inches in some places as it continues to move to the northeast at an…
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A recent Farm Press article gives a good description of how Hurricane Sally is expected to affect crops in Alabama. Cotton and pecans are the most likely to be affected because they are still a month from harvest and need good conditions to reach harvest successfully. The heavy rain and winds are likely to cause…
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As of 11 pm Tuesday night, Hurricane Sally is creeping north towards the east side of Mobile Bay in Alabama. It is expected to make landfall over the next few hours, but timing is tough when it is only moving at 2 mph. The slow movement is piling up water to the east of the…