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Corn yields are affected by a number of things, so it should be no surprise that they are affected by both maximum (daytime) and minimum (nighttime) temperatures. Heat stress on the hottest days causes the corn plant to shut down, reducing their ability to fill the kernels. Overnight, the science is less clear, with some…
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The latest monthly climate outlook for June 2021 was released this weekend by NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center. It shows that there is no strong signal towards warmer or cooler than normal for most of the region in June. But all of the region does show a tilt towards wetter than normal conditions, with the highest…
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Spring is ending on May 31, and the preliminary climate maps show that for most of the Southeast, the season was cooler and drier than normal, although of course there are variations across the region. Alabama was wetter than normal across the state, but most of the rest of the Southeast had dry conditions, which…
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There’s not anything going on in the Atlantic today, but we are already on our second named storm of the year in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, which often leads the Atlantic season by a few weeks. Some of the long-range computer models are starting to show hints of activity in the Atlantic, although anything that…
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Southeast Climate Monthly Webinar + 2021 Hurricane Outlook Tuesday, June 8, 2021 at 10 am ET/9 am CT
Join us for the Southeast Climate Monthly Webinar! These webinars provide the region’s stakeholders and interested parties with timely information on current and developing climate conditions such as drought, floods, and tropical storms, as well as climatic events like El Niño and La Niña. Speakers may also discuss the impacts of these conditions on topics…
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Do you have a child that is interested in the weather? Or maybe a student or 4-H’er? I got interested in weather in the 3rd grade when a tornado passed two blocks from my house in Michigan and left a lot of damage behind (although most of it was not at our house, just lost…
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The front that moved through the Southeast last night and today will usher in drier conditions for a few days before rain returns to the region. The heaviest rain will be in the eastern Carolinas, which really need it, by mid-week. Week 2 looks like it will be wetter and warmer than usual across most…
Posted in: Climate outlooks