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The latest 7-day QPF shows almost no rain for the next five days with just a little light rain late in the week. A weak front should come through then, bringing some light rain to the area. Early November should also be quite dry. The long-range models are not showing much chance of frost in…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released this morning, shows that an area of moderate (D1) drought has been added to eastern North Carolina due to continuing dry conditions there. The abnormally dry areas in the region also expanded in Virginia, North and South Carolina, and Georgia as well as expanding into northeastern Florida. Puerto Rico’s conditions…
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Those of you who inhale weather like I do might be interested in this new weather channel that is coming online this month from Fox. I generally don’t watch television weather, since I get most of what I need from the web. But you might enjoy a different take on the weather than The Weather…
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Talking about climate-smart agriculture is something that is common in the news today, but that phrase has not been around for long. Here is an interesting short article about where it started and what climate-smart agriculture means, from the USDA Northeast Climate Hub. They also provide links to a variety of resources, including this UN…
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Popular Science: ‘Fugitive dust’ seems to have caused last summer’s salmonella outbreak from peaches
I just ran across this June 2021 story from Popular Science on the impacts of wind on tainted peaches. An outbreak of salmonella on California peaches came up with a surprising source of the contamination–dust from nearby chicken and cattle farms. Fortunately, in this case no one died although 28 people were hospitalized. But it…
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UPDATE: Recording available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WUAGtGpRbg. The webinar will provide updated information on the climate, water, and drought status of the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint (ACF) River Basin. This drought assessment webinar is brought to you by the Auburn University Water Resources Center and the National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS). Even if you are not in the ACF…
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Due to computer maintenance I was not able to post yesterday. The 7-day QPF map for this week shows moderate rains of around an inch are expected to fall. Most of it will occur on Wednesday and Thursday, with lesser amounts Sunday through Tuesday and next weekend. Some areas are getting a little dry, so…
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