Tropical weather
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As you can imagine, there have been many stories in the news about the impacts of Hurricane Florence’s winds, storm surge and rainfall on agriculture. Here are some of the ones I have found interesting. Tough to be a farmer under such extreme conditions! Much more to come as flood levels continue to rise. It…
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While the remains of Florence are still affecting folks in the northeastern US, the State Climate Office of North Carolina has wasted no time in putting together this useful summary of the impacts of Hurricane Florence on North Carolina. Keep in mind that Florence is a slow-motion disaster and rivers are still rising in many…
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From my climatologist friend Jordan McLeod on Facebook: Here’s a map showing the 4-day rainfall totals from Hurricane Florence, using gridded Multi-Sensor Precipitation Estimates (MPE) data provided by the National Weather Service. The footprint of 10″+ of precipitation across the Carolinas is simply astounding, with numerous 30″+ pixels located in the Morehead City, NC and…
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Now that Florence is moving out of the Southeast except for a few lingering feeder bands through NC, it’s time to think about the success or failure of messaging about the storm. The first thing to remember is that the forecast from the National Hurricane Center was fantastic as much as 5 days out. There…
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The New York Times posted an article yesterday which described some of the different hazardous sites in the path of Hurricane Florence, including superfund sites, coal ash ponds and hog farms. A lot of these are now under attack from Florence’s winds, rain and floods. Spillage from the sites could contaminate a wide area and…
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Dear Extension folk, I am writing because there has been a change to the forecast path of Hurricane Florence and at this point most of Georgia is now in the 5-day cone of the forecast track. The change is due to a change in the steering air currents which are moving the storm around. While…
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This is an oldie but a goodie published in 2008 when several tropical storms were moving towards North Carolina. If you have a small farm in the region that Florence is expected to go through, you might find the advice about greenhouses and planting useful. Note that Florence is likely to be much worse than…