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I will be participating in the netcast for WeatherBrains tonight, Monday July 28, to discuss this blog and the general topic of climate and agriculture. This live webcast, which is also archived as a podcast, is hosted by Dr. James Spann, a famous broadcast meteorologist from Birmingham AL, along with several other meteorologists, and is…
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Dr. Jeff Masters has a great article on the current quiet hurricane season comparing it to the record quiet season of 1914. Could it happen again this year? You can read the article by clicking here.
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AgWeb provided a great graphic showing that the progress of the corn crop this year is the best in ten years but slightly behind the record-setting crop of 2004. This can be attributed in part to the decrease in drought and excellent climate conditions across the Corn Belt this year as well as planting efforts…
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Satsumas are a newly popular citrus crop which is being planted in south Georgia in increasing numbers. Unlike other citrus trees, satsumas need some cold weather to become sweet, and do very well in the Zone 8b climate in south Georgia. Satsumas are similar to Cuties and are delicious and easy to peel. About 25…
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If you are interested in reading about the weather and agriculture of the Great Plains, you might want to check out this new blog by Albert Sutherland. His first post is a story about a new climate tool which shows trends in temperature and precipitation over time, similar to the NCDC “Climate at a Glance”…
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The Sun-Sentinel reported this week that unusually strong bursts of Saharan dust are being blown off of Africa this year. This is similar to the pattern that caused lower hurricane activity than expected in last year’s hurricane season. In addition, cooler than normal temperatures in the Atlantic Ocean are also working to prevent the development…
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A recent study published by the Southeast Climate Center shows that the Southeast is more vulnerable to killer twisters than other parts of the country. Florida leads the country in deaths per mile of tornado track, followed by Tennessee, North Carolina, Ohio and Alabama. Head author Charles Konrad II explains that is because Florida and…
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