Tropical weather
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The latest track of Tropical Storm Nestor just came out at 11 pm EDT, and shows that the center of Nestor is likely to make landfall early tomorrow morning, just two or three hours after my blog digest comes out. Nestor is a lopsided storm, so a lot of the rain will be out ahead…
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Another tropical disturbance is headed towards Georgia. This storm, which is likely to become TS Nestor in the next day, is predicted to develop in the western Gulf of Mexico and move towards the northeast. Some high clouds from the storm are already visible on satellite over SW Georgia. At this time the forecast models…
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In their latest blog post on historical hurricanes to hit North Carolina, the Corey Davis of the NC Climate Office looks at Hurricane Hazel, which hit 65 years ago today at the only category-4 hurricane to ever hit the state. You can read more about it at https://climate.ncsu.edu/climateblog?id=301&h=5666e5c1.
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In their latest posting about historical hurricanes and tropical storms that have affected North Carolina, the North Carolina Climate Office describes how Frances, Ivan and Jeanne crossed the state during a three-week period in 2004, dropping torrential rain and resulting in the wettest month ever in the western part of the state. You can read…
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The Farm Journal’s Pork Newsletter produced an excellent list of things to do before, during and after a hurricane hits a hog producer’s operations. We still have a couple months of the tropical season to go, so it is not too late to get hit by another tropical storm or hurricane. You can check it…
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After last year’s devastating impacts of Hurricane Michael on the Georgia cotton crop, extension specialists and producers are trying to find ways to avoid a repeat of that huge loss by considering how to plant and manage the crops. The Southeast Farm Press posted a couple of articles recently describing some of the recommendations that…
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The North Carolina Climate Office has issued the latest in their series of blog posts looking at historical hurricanes and their impacts on the state. Next up is Hurricane Hugo, which hit North Carolina in September 1989, causing huge problems inland because of the strong winds associated with the hurricane’s rapid movement through the region.…