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Growing Produce posted a story this week about a survey of blueberry growers in Florida and what their plans are for next year and the future. In the slide show it discussed some of the methods that producers are using to help with their production. They listed smart irrigation, weather stations, and soil monitoring as…
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I was recently featured in a story by Yale Climate Connections about how livestock farmers in the Southeast are protecting their animals from heat stress using shade structures, fans, misters and other techniques. Fortunately, it has not been much of a problem this year, but in future years it could be more of an issue.…
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Now that fall colors are starting to appear down here in the higher elevations of the Southeast, you might be interested to know what causes the coloration in leaves. The Garden Professors posted a story about this a few years ago. You can read more here. I am looking forward to seeing more color in…
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After a mostly dry week and a few scattered showers today, we should see mostly dry conditions for the next few days before a few more showers occur with another cold frontal passage late in the week. Soil moisture is still mostly quite wet from the rain earlier in the season, so mostly farmers are…
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Here’s a great video that describes the extremes we have had this past year by Jeff Masters, who was previously with Weather Underground and is now a meteorologist for Yale Climate Connections. He does a great job describing severe weather events around the world in the past year in this video. You can view it…
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As expected, today NOAA issued a La Niña Advisory, indicating that La Niña conditions have developed and are expected to continue with an 87% chance of La Niña in December 2021- February 2022. We’ve been expecting this for a while, but it takes several months after signs start to appear before one is officially declared.…
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The latest monthly climate summary for September 2021 was released today by NOAA. It shows that for the earth as a whole, this past September was the 5th warmest since records began in 1880. Almost everywhere was above normal but the Southeast was near the long-term average due to wet and cloudy conditions, and parts…
Posted in: Climate summaries