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The latest Drought Monitor, released today, shows that there have been slight expansions of drought in North Carolina, Florida, and Georgia this week due to lack of rainfall, while the other states did not change. Puerto Rico saw a slight decrease in dry conditions this week. Rainfall amounts the next few days should be relatively…
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Impacts from the spring frosts are continuing to show up in peach crops across the Southeast. This story from Specialty Crop Industry discusses the variety of sizes in early peaches in Alabama as likely caused by the frost damaging flowers in the early-blooming varieties. Less impact is showing up in the later-blooming varieties so far,…
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I’ve gotten some emails lately asking about how to report dry conditions and drought so that the Drought Monitor authors recognize that things are getting crunchy here in parts of the Southeast. Here is a refresher on what sites you can use to do it: There are a lot of different tools for monitoring drought…
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Forecasts of where hurricanes will go and how strong they will get have improved over time, but errors associated with the prediction cones can cost coastal communities a lot of money if they evacuate unnecessarily if a storm turns away or if they don’t prepare for a storm that is closer or stronger than expected.…
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In the past, television meteorologists were often hesitant to discuss the changing climate. In some cases, they were prohibited by the management of their stations, who did not want to lose any viewers. In other cases, the meteorologists were themselves skeptical of climate change projections. As the science has become more clear, more broadcast mets…
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Inside Climate News published a story about state weather mesonets in February, but I just ran across it this week. Mesonets like the one we have at the University of Georgia provide valuable climate information to farmers and extension agents documenting drought, water stress, freezes, and growing degree days, all of which help farmers monitor…
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The latest 7-day QPF map shows that rain amounts this week should be quite light. Most of the rain will fall as a cold front passes through the region starting on Monday night and exiting on Wednesday. However, the total rain will be less than 1/2 inch except for a few spots in northern Alabama…
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