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The rain that has fallen in the last couple of weeks in California has been a mixed blessing for farmers there. While the rain has reduced drought levels and provided snow pack for irrigation later this year, it has also caused a lot of damage to farm fields and crops. Fruit Farmers News posted a…
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Most of the Southeast can expect to see quite a bit of rain this week, starting later on Saturday and lasting through mid-week. The end of the week should be dry for everyone except southern Florida, which will largely be missed by the rain earlier in the week. The rain should help put a dent…
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Today NOAA released their latest seasonal outlook for temperature and precipitation covering the February through April 2023 period. It shows the continued influence of La Nina in southern parts of the region, while northern areas do not show a trend. Temperatures are more likely than not to continue to be warmer than normal, while precipitation…
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Today’s Drought Monitor shows that there were only slight changes in the status of abnormally dry conditions and drought across the region. The biggest change was a slight decrease in the area of severe (D2) drought in the southern counties of Georgia. I expect to see more improvement in next week’s map with the rain…
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A climatologist I follow on Twitter, Brian Brettschneider (@Climatologist49) provides many great examples of climate maps (as well as moose pictures, since he is in Alaska) on his feed. Today he posted two maps showing the trends in maximum and minimum temperatures across the country from 1948 to the present. The two maps show that…
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The annual climate summary for North Carolina was released by the State Climate Office there today. You can read it at https://climate.ncsu.edu/blog/2023/01/the-weather-year-in-review-familiar-patterns-with-new-twists-in-2022/. Be sure to look for the thermograph of Raleigh’s daily temperature compared to the popular meme about the 12 seasons of the year–very clever! And true!
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Christmas weekend wasn’t the most wonderful time of year for Georgia fruit growers, as historically low temperature had them scrambling to frost protect their crop. Damon Jones of the Georgia Farm Bureau tells you what measures had to be taken and how much damage their crop received at one farm in South Georgia in this…