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This week marks the annual celebration of agriculture known as National Ag Week, March 15-21. The week is hosted by the Agriculture Council of America and recognizes–and celebrates– the importance of agriculture and farmers in our everyday lives. Some facts about National Ag Week can be found here.
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Now that spring is here and warmer, more humid air is entering the US, severe weather and tornado chances are increasing across the country. There is an excellent animation that shows how the region of severe weather occurrence moves around the country at the NOAA Storm Prediction Center at https://www.spc.noaa.gov/new/SVRclimo/climo.php?parm=anySvr. The area of most likely…
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We’re about halfway through March, and so far for the month the Southeast has been warmer and drier than normal across almost the entire region. The warmth has been especially strong in Florida and southern Georgia. Dry conditions in southern Alabama have contributed to the continuing drought there. Generally the coolest temperatures have corresponded with…
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Two cyclones (or hurricanes, as they are known in the Atlantic) in the western Pacific Ocean may be combining forces to enhance the development of a budding El Nino. The circulation around Bavi in the Northern Hemisphere is counterclockwise, while the circulation around Pam in the Southern Hemisphere is clockwise, leading to enhanced winds from…
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The National Weather Service has a good graphical forecast tool for hourly weather variables available on their web sites. You can get instructions for how to get one for your location at https://www.srh.noaa.gov/oun/?n=hourlyweathergraph. The forecast has a number of parameters to choose from, including temperature, wind, humidity, rain and other forms of precipitation, thunder, and a variety of…
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After today’s weather system moves off to the east, most of the week should be dry. The next chance for rain comes late in the week starting in the western portions on Thursday and moving east with time. Most areas will receive about half an inch except for the west coast of the Florida peninsula,…
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Sorghum, also known as milo, was one of the few crops that survived the blistering 2012 drought in the Midwest. A story this week on Yahoo News highlighted the grain, which is also gluten-free and is used for animal feed and methanol in the US but is a subsistence crop in sub-Saharan Africa. Sorghum is increasingly…