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  • Drought decreases in north, expands in south

    Pam Knox

    The latest Drought Monitor, released this morning, shows that drought conditions generally improved in Virginia and North Carolina this week but got worse in Alabama, Georgia, Florida, and South Carolina. Overall, 84% of the Southeast was experiencing dry conditions or drought at the time the map was made. There are currently no dry conditions in…

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  • February 2025 still expected to be warmer and drier in much of the region

    Pam Knox

    The latest climate outlook maps for February 2025 show that temperatures across the region are expected to be warmer than usual during the month across the region. Precipitation is expected to be drier than usual in the Florida Peninsula but a slight trend towards wetter conditions can be seen in parts of Tennessee and NW…

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  • New weather radar is a joint project of UGA and Georgia Tech

    Pam Knox

    You might not know it, but the Athens area in Georgia is located in a radar “hole” where the radar beam from the NOAA radar at Peachtree City is so high off the ground that it misses a lot of low-lying precipitation as well as storm structure that could be important for monitoring severe weather…

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  • Protect Citrus Trees Post-Freeze With Fungicide

    Pam Knox

    The recent snowfall in southern Georgia and nearby regions brought a lot of moisture and cold temperatures to the citrus groves that are growing around that part of the state. Lindy Savelle, the executive director of the Georgia Citrus Association, suggests that now would be a good time to treat the snow-affected trees with fungicide…

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  • USDA Hosts Informational Webinar on Hurricane Insurance Protection – Wind Index and Tropical Storm Option

    Pam Knox

    I received an email today from USDA announcing two informational webinars on the hurricane wind insurance program that has been the bane of many producers’ existence this year. I like to think that maybe I had a little to do with getting them to do this, although I don’t know that for sure. Here is…

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  • Not much precipitation this week

    Pam Knox

    Now that the big winter storm has passed, most of the region should see drier and quieter conditions for the next week, although it will still be colder than average for the rest of the month. Another Gulf low will bring rain to southern Alabama, western FL, and SW Georgia in the next few days.…

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  • Can the Delta double crop? Maybe.

    Pam Knox

    One of the consequences of the warming climate is that the growing season is getting longer. This provides producers with the opportunity to try to get two crops from a field in a season instead of just one. Of course, some farmers are already doing this to improve their income, but this may become more…

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