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Many of you are watching the developing story about the winter storm that is expected to affect parts of the Southeast this coming week, especially Tuesday and Wednesday. While the situation is still evolving and will continue to change over time, the models are coming into more agreement on when and where the storm is…
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Confidence is high that next week is going to be very cold across most of the region. Temperatures are likely to drop below freezing in nearly all of the region other than southern Florida and Puerto Rico several mornings from Monday through Thursday (depending on location and the final strength of the storm) and some…
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View Post Impacts from the variable rainfall this year, coupled with the devastating winds and rain from Hurricane Helene in late September, caused low morale for growers according to UGA pecan specialist Lenny Wells as quoted in Specialty Crop Grower. Poor yields and low prices both contributed to the discouragement of the growers. You can…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released today, shows that there was an improvement in drought conditions in Alabama and northern Florida in the last week due to recent rain there. However, eastern parts of North and South Carolina, Georgia, and the Florida Peninsula saw some areas of worsening drought this week due to lack of rain.…
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Once again, ominous maps of heavy snow bands across parts of the Southeast are starting to appear on social media. I am already getting questions about these snow maps just like we did with the last big storm. This is a good reminder that you should never trust a snow map more than a couple…
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I received an email today from USDA announcing two informational webinars on the hurricane wind insurance program that has been the bane of many producers’ existence this year. I like to think that maybe I had a little to do with getting them to do this, although I don’t know that for sure. Here is…
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Last week NOAA released its 2024 summary for the contiguous United States. It was the warmest year there since records began in 1895. The average precipitation across the same area was in the wettest third of years. You can read the national 2024 report at https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/monthly-report/national/202413 and the press release at https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/news/national-climate-202413. Note that in…
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