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Stories discussing the impacts of recent hurricanes Helene and Milton are rolling in, and illustrate just how devastating the storms were for our farmers and those who provide services like equipment sales, buying crops, etc. I am posting this in part just to keep a record of these stories but I think you will be…
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While the National Centers for Environmental Information in Asheville NC are off-line, you can find monthly climate text summaries for the Southeast from the Southeast Regional Climate Center. Use https://sercc.com/periodic-reports-monthly/?wpv_view_count=3753&wpv-wpcf-reports-monthly-month=9&wpv-wpcf-reports-monthly-year=2024&wpv_filter_submit=Submit and pick the latest full month, which is September. You can also find maps at the High Plains Regional Climate Center at https://hprcc.unl.edu/maps.php?maps=ACISClimateMaps.
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The latest 7-day QPF map (not shown here but you can view it at https://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/qpf/day1-7.shtml) shows a virtually rain-free week except perhaps for some showers later this weekend in the Southern Appalachians. A cold front is moving through the region early in the week, bringing much colder air to the region. Some models indicate that…
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According to the latest Climate Prediction Center alert on October 10, La Niña is favored to emerge in September-November (60% chance) and is expected to persist through January-March 2025. The upcoming La Nina is expected to be weak and short based on computer forecasts, this means that the strongest impacts are likely to occur in…
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The Drought Monitor this week showed that while drought conditions improved in southern Alabama and far western Florida, an area of abnormally dry conditions reappeared in coastal Georgia and South Carolina, which received less rain from Debby and Helene than more inland counties did. Northern Alabama and parts of Tennessee also experienced an increase in…
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According to the National Hurricane Center, Hurricane Milton made landfall just south of Sarasota FL at 8:30 pm EDT on October 9 as a category 3 hurricane. It had reached category 5 earlier today after going through an eyewall replacement cycle last night and re-intensifying, but increased wind shear and drier air being pulled into…
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The National Centers for Environmental Information serves as the official repository for all federal weather and climate information, including satellites, radar, and surface observations. It is located in downtown in Asheville, NC. A number of my friends and colleagues work there and many of them have been affected by the flooding rains of Helene. They…