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Here are a few more recent stories I have read on a variety of impacts of Helene on agriculture, mostly in Georgia. I also included a couple of links at the end discussing the long-term financial impacts on farmers and homeowners and a link to the FEMA Rumor Response page, which is what they posted…
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The area of disturbed weather in the Gulf of Mexico has finally coalesced into a tropical depression earlier today and is now Tropical Storm Milton. Milton is expected to deepen as it moves over the very warm Gulf of Mexico and is predicted to hit somewhere along the West Coast of Florida midweek, potentially as…
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The latest 7-day QPF forecast this week shows that nearly all of the region will be dry this week. The exception is Florida, which is expected to be affected by soon-to-be Hurricane Milton early and mid-week as it is likely to make landfall somewhere along the west coast. Like Helene, there is expected to be…
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The latest monthly climate outlook for October 2024 shows a large area of warmer and drier than normal conditions covering much of the continental US in the next month. This is likely to lead to the expansion of drought in those areas. The Southeast is on the edge of the warmer than normal conditions in…
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The latest 7-day tropical outlook shows Hurricane Kirk as a major hurricane out in the central Atlantic and Tropical Storm Leslie, which formed today and is also expected to reach major status in a few days. Kirk is expected to turn north and then northeast in quick order and could threaten Europe in a few…
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This week’s Drought Monitor showed that the incredible rain from Hurricane Helene completely wiped out drought in areas along its path. In some cases, there was a 3-category change in drought conditions, from extreme drought to none at all, because of the torrential rain. This is the first time I can remember seeing such a…
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The latest 7-day tropical outlook shows that the area of potential development in the western Caribbean has decreased from 50% to 40% chance of occurring in the next seven days. Most models show that any development is going to be very slow to pull together as the area of convection enters the Gulf of Mexico.…
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