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The State Climate Office of North Carolina has posted its May 2023 climate summary. You can read it on their blog at A Cool, Cloudy May Keeps Summer at Bay – North Carolina State Climate Office (ncsu.edu).
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Using the Southeast Regional Climate Center’s Perspectives tool allows us to look at historical records for both the region as a whole through maps and individual stations. I looked at their map for year-to-date mean temperature rankings tonight. It shows that for many parts of the Southeast, this year so far is in the top…
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Summer is the time of year when many of us take trips to visit friends or experience new places. Many of these trips are by airplane. Unfortunately, summer is also the time of year that thunderstorms most often occur, and they can cause a lot of problems with bumpy rides that may cause distress to…
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Time magazine used a recent article to describe how current shortages in tomato paste due to drought could lead to shortages of ketchup in the future, since manufacturers of ketchup and other tomato-based products use tomato paste to produce their products when ripe tomatoes are not available. After several years of drought, stocks of tomato…
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The Indiana PrairieFarmer posted an interesting slideshow this week describing the different ways that ears of corn can become deformed. Of the thirteen ways listed, most of them are related at least in part to unusual temperature or drought stresses that occurred at specific points in the development of the ear. You can view the…
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In the past we have talked about alternative crops for the Southeast as a way of diversifying, taking advantage of new markets, and adapting to changes in climate over time. I was interested to read an article in (NACAA) at file.ashx (nacaa.com) discussing the cultivation of lavender as a commercial crop that has potential for…
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The forecast for rain this week is for less than half an inch for most of the region, and none at all for parts of North and South Carolina and Virginia. The only exception is the far southeastern part of Florida, which will continue to see rain from the remains of TS Arlene, which was…
Posted in: Climate outlooks