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We are halfway through the month of December, and so far the region has been cooler than normal across almost the entire area. We are currently experiencing warmer weather but another cold front is expected to move through in a day or two, bringing another short-lived blast of cold air before things really warm up…
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Raspberries don’t grow well in the Southeast because it is too warm for them to do well except in cooler areas at higher elevations, according to this recent article in Growing Produce. Fruit farmers are now experimenting with long-cane raspberries grown in tall tunnels and have grown them successfully event in the hot summer. The…
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Did you know that onions have been used in the past to predict the next year’s weather? Neither did I. Gastro Obscura has a very interesting article this week describing how twelve layers from a freshly-cut onion were salted and left overnight to see how they reacted to predict what the climate would be for…
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Growing Produce recently published a summary of the 2024 Atlantic Tropical Season. It provides a table that lists the original forecasts from several different groups and compares them to the total number of named storms, hurricanes, and major hurricanes. All of them did quite well. The article also describes some of the impacts of the…
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On Saturday there is a front to the west of our region bringing rain into NW Alabama. Some showers will progress eastward from there over the next few days, but rainfall amounts will be relatively light. By the end of the week most areas will see no additional rainfall, although a few showers may linger…
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NOAA released their latest monthly ENSO outlook earlier this week, and it shows almost no change in the likelihood of a La Nina from last month’s prediction. They expect a weak La Nina to occur any time now and to last for a few months before returning to neutral conditions. The sea surface temperatures in…
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The latest monthly climate statics for the earth as a whole for November 2024 were released earlier this week. The record shows that this November was the second warmest on earth, just beat out by November 2023, which was affected by the warm pool of water related to El Nino. Looking at the year as…
Posted in: Climate summaries