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If you work outside, you should already know basic rules for lightning safety and make sure that your workers do too. If you play golf or fish, you should know these rules too, because many people are hit by lightning every year while they are outside because either they are not paying attention to the…
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There are many different ways that weather can impact the production of corn. Some recent trends towards warmer overnight temperatures and more extreme rainfall can cause negative impacts on both corn pollination and development of the corn once it pollinates. This means that growing corn may become more risky over time as trends towards a…
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I usually remind people about the monthly webinars on climate in the Southeast that occur on the last Tuesday of the month, but forgot to do it this week. Fortunately, they always make a recording of it, so if you would like to hear it, you can view the video at youtube.com/watch?v=lty2qsWOHoQ&list=PLmhxKH4OH8KJVW6lLEIOZlu-rpkW1ZtLi&index=1. You can register…
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During the day today, Tropical Storm Fernand formed in southeast of Bermuda east of the path that Hurricane Erin took earlier this week. It is expected to move straight north and pass east of Bermuda so will not be any threat to the United States. Another area of interest, Investigation 99L, is currently weakening in…
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A strong cold front is expected to move through the region on Sunday, bringing cooler temperatures to most of the region and much drier conditions that will last most of the week. Some parts of the Piedmont in Virginia through eastern Georgia may see no rain at all for the week. The front will stall…
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As expected, the rain from Hurricane Erin eliminated the moderate (D1) drought from Puerto Rico this week. Other areas of improvement occurred in Florida and small areas of Georgia, eastern Tennessee and NC, and central Alabama. However, drought increased in western Alabama and Tennessee, which were missed by the tropical rains. This week should be…
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The latest monthly climate assessment for the world as a whole was released a few days ago from NOAA. It shows that this was the third warmest July since global records began in 1880, behind 2024 and 2023. Snow cover in the Northern Hemisphere was lower than average and so was the sea ice coverage…
Posted in: Climate summaries