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Many of the meteorologists and climatologists I know started out with a burning interest in weather, either because of a close encounter with a tornado or other storm event or because the weather and its many aspects were fascinating to them from an early age. The Gwinnett Daily Post had an article yesterday (click here…
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Business Insider shared an article from their Australian counterparts this week discussing some recent research results on ways to improve wheat yields without adding additional water. In brief, the research showed better crop yields when summer weeds were reduced to preserve moisture, crops were rotated regularly, and seeds were planted two to three weeks earlier…
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The latest 7-day QPF map from NOAA shows that most of the Southeast should be well above normal in rainfall for the next week. The rain will be a mixed blessing for farmers, who will welcome the relief for soil moisture but may hinder hay-making and harvesting of peanuts and other crops.
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There have been some recent news stories about new crops that farmers are trying to establish in the Southeast in response to changing climate conditions as well as citrus greening and other problems with current crops. Previously I have written about satsumas as a new crop that is being introduced to southern Georgia to take…
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The National Climatic Data Center reported that the US as a whole experienced its 9th wettest summer on record (1895 to present) and drought decreased to 33 percent of the continguous area. For the same time period, however, Georgia experienced its 10th driest summer with only 73 percent of normal rainfall, and drought expanded to…
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The National Weather Service has a product available on the web pages for their forecast offices that may be of some use for planning purposes up to five days ahead. It is called the “Graphical Forecast’ and an image of the interactive map is below. By moving your mouse over the different boxes in the…
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Investigation 92 from the National Hurricane Center is now moving westward across the Florida Peninsula. The graphic below shows the nice flow around the center of the disturbance. You can see the original with moving wind in real time by clicking here. Note that this will show a current view so if you look at…