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The latest Drought Monitor, released this morning, shows that moderate (D1) drought has doubled in size in Georgia from last week’s map due to no rain over the last week. Since the cutoff of this map, we have received 0.5 to 2.0 inches so some of this may be cut back on next week’s map,…
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Hurricane Michael came onshore near Panama City, FL, in October 2018. It rapidly intensified just before it made landfall, bringing winds of up to 155 mph along with a devastating storm surge that devastated areas near the coast as well as inland. But in spite of the fact that several years have passed, some lower-income…
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If you like to hear stories about citizen science and the weather, you will love this one. According to a recent story in The Conversation, 66,000 pieces of paper containing very old weather records in the United Kingdom were digitized by volunteers during the pandemic. The records were handwritten, mostly in cursive, which made them…
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A recent article from the National Science Foundation describes the result of a study on when new leaves appear on plants in spring by scientists at Ohio State University and published in Nature Climate Change. The study shows that while warmer temperatures are the primary cause of earlier leaf occurrence, the number of days of…
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In the Southeast, we get severe weather every month of the year, but the busiest season is spring, with a secondary maximum in late fall. This year, the La Nina has pushed the main jet stream to the north into the Ohio River Valley, which leaves the Southeast in an increased chance for warm moist…
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It’s spring, so many storms that move through bring the chance of severe weather to the region. This week is no exception. After a nice dry weekend (although it will be windy in some areas), the next storm system should begin to move into the region early on Tuesday. Warm moist air ahead of the…
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New research recently published by a group of over 200 scientists shows that crops in southern African could increase by up to 500% if grown with more climate-smart methods, including terracing, new crop varieties, and better use of water. This could be crucial for countries in that part of the world that are often devastated…
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