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At CPASW today we learned that the Climate Prediction Center is in the process of updating their website to a new, cleaner and more interactive model. You can view the new beta version of the website at https://www.cpcpara.ncep.noaa.gov/. This site will combine much of the functionality of the old web site, including climate and drought outlooks,…
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If you have a home garden or plant according to the USDA plant hardiness zones, you might be interested in this recent article from NOAA’s Climate.gov (link). In the story, the impacts of changing normals every ten years on planting zones is explained and maps show the differences between the old planting dates and the…
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Dr. George Vellidis of the University of Georgia and cooperating scientists at several other Southeastern universities have developed several irrigation applications for smartphones as part of their work on the USDA NIFA program. Currently apps are available for cotton, citrus, strawberries and urban lawns. You can learn about these apps and download them at https://smartirrigationapps.org.…
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I am attending the Climate Prediction Applications Science Workshop this week in Las Cruces NM. The theme of this year’s meeting is agriculture. After one day, my mind is already full of new web sites to visit and tools that might be useful to those of us who use climate information to make production decisions.…
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Each year on March 23, the World Meteorological Organization, along with its 191 members — including the National Weather Service — and the worldwide meteorological community, celebrates World Meteorological Day. This day commemorates the formation of the WMO. This year’s theme is “Climate knowledge for climate action,” highlighting both recent advances in climate science and…
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I want to take a minute to salute the CoCoRaHS network, who announced today that an official CoCoRaHS rain gauge will be installed in the White House kitchen garden planted this week by Michelle Obama. The addition was celebrated today in Washington DC as part of the National Science Fair activity at the White House.…
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Even though we’re past the average date for last frost in parts of the Southeast, it is not too late for a cold blast to move through the area. Early signs for next weekend, Saturday March 28 and Sunday March 29, show that another surge of cold air is expected to move into the area…