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While things feel cold to me here, and I even saw a little sleet today, air temperatures are expected to be much colder in Michigan where I grew up in the fruit belt in western Lower Michigan. The split in the polar vortex caused by the Sudden Stratospheric Warming event earlier in January is bringing…
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Most of the Southeast will see a lot of precipitation this week, with two storms moving through the area. Some parts will see snow or other frozen precipitation, while more southern locations see all rain. Up to five inches could be seen in some places, which is not good for farmers trying to get field…
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The 2021 Georgia Ag Forecast meeting was held on January 29 online. The recordings of the presentations are now available online at https://agforecast.caes.uga.edu/previous-outlooks/2021.html. They include outlooks for different commodities, livestock and forestry. You can also download PDFs of the Ag Snapshot brochure and the full Ag Outlook publication.
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Here is a site which allows you to look at how temperature and precipitation vary by year for individual stations across the country. This will show you which years are similar in average temperature and precipitation and how the range of temperatures and precipitation vary at different stations. You can visit it and click on…
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The latest monthly climate summaries for North Carolina and for the whole Southeast are now available. You can use the links below to access them. Note that the rain in eastern NC this year has caused a lot of problems for farmers there, since it has delayed harvest and field work considerably. NC: A ‘Fairy…
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In the course of answering a question for a friend on Facebook, I noticed that February 4-5, 1917 produced a very cold and widespread Arctic outbreak. Instead of looking at the weather records this time, I took a look at some of the historical newspaper reports of the outbreak. Here are some screen shots from…
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Flash drought is something that is hugely important for the Southeast as well as other parts of the country. Definitions vary, but generally flash drought occurs when there is rapid onset or rapid intensification of a drought due to lack of rainfall with or without very high temperatures and low humidity. Agriculture is one of…