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The Southeast has more mobile homes than any other part of the country. These homes are especially vulnerable to severe weather because of their construction and often, their lack of anchoring and a storm shelter nearby to use in case of tornadoes or strong winds. The Washington Post published an article about this issue earlier…
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The late freezes in the Southeast have caused a lot of problems for peach and blueberry growers here in the Southeast, but it also affected blueberries in Mississippi, according to MSU Extension. While it is too early to get a final tabulation of losses, they expect to see a reduction of about 50% of the…
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UPDATE: Summary and video are found here. Each month I participate along with several others in the Southeast Climate Monthly Webinar, which features an update on climate conditions around the region along with an outlook for the future conditions or another topic of special interest. This week Tuesday March 28 I am especially looking forward…
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The latest QPF maps for this week show that early in the week, a stationary front draped across central Georgia, Alabama, and South Carolina will bring quite a bit of rain to the region and along the front. Unsettled weather near the front could bring severe weather to that part of the region on Sunday.…
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I had the chance to visit the University of Georgia test plots at Bledsoe Farm just outside of Griffin GA this week. The test plots were composed of a variety of wheat, oats, and triticale varieties to see how they did under different planting dates, densities, and cuttings. Many of the plots looked quite good…
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Every year in the ENSO blog, NOAA climate forecasters look back at the prediction for last season and discuss how good it was. This keeps them honest and shows that this year, the prediction was quite good, especially for the Southeast. As usual, temperature is easier to predict and get correct than precipitation, and that…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released this morning, shows that the drought in Florida deepened from moderate (D1) to severe (D2) in the south. Abnormally dry conditions (D0) expanded in Virginia, North and South Carolina, and two small areas of moderate drought were introduced to NC this week due to continuing lack of rainfall. Moderate drought…
Posted in: Drought