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The latest 7-day QPF map shows that most of the rain this week will fall in western parts of the region, especially Alabama and western Florida and Georgia. Some rain will fall Sunday night through Monday and a second storm will affect the western parts of the region late in the week. Warmer temperatures mean…
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Some of you are still digging out from the snowstorm that fell across a large swath of the South from Louisiana and Texas all the way to eastern North Carolina and Virginia. Here in Athens we were on the northern edge of the storm with just 1/2 inch, but many people in southern GA and…
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One of the benefits of the cold conditions this year has been the impact on insect pests and diseases. A cold winter can kill off both the insects and the plants that harbor them, providing a benefit to producers in next year’s farm management. You can read more about impacts of the frigid weather on…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released today, shows that most of the region from Virginia to Florida saw an increase in dry or drought conditions over the last week. The only exceptions were Alabama and Georgia, which received some moisture before the Tuesday data cutoff from the big snowstorm that occurred January 21-22. The areas that…
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On Tuesday we can expect to see the next potent winter storm move through the southern part of the region, starting in Alabama earlier on Tuesday but expanding rapidly eastward over the afternoon and evening of Tuesday. Most of Georgia and coastal SC and NC can expect to see wintry precipitation by Tuesday afternoon or…
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In the week I have received several questions about why this winter, which was predicted to be warmer and drier than usual, has been so cold. Here is a response I wrote to Bob Kemerait, UGA, about this winter’s crazy weather and the lack of warm weather (so far). You might find it helpful too.…
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Since we have been talking about the possibility of different types of winter weather, here are a couple of articles that you might appreciate describing the different types of wintry precipitation we can see (all of which will probably occur somewhere in the Southeast in the next two days) and a history of some extreme…
Posted in: Climate science