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In the 1930s, tremendous dust storms blew across the Great Plains, with some dust reaching all the way to Washington DC. It has been attributed partially to climate variability and partly to land management patterns which plowed up the fields and left them bare, which made them vulnerable to strong winds. A change in the…
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If you have been following climate news, you know that NOAA will be updating their 30-year normals for temperature, precipitation, and degree days this year, most likely in May when they finish collecting and quality controlling the data they use to compute the new 1991-2020 statistics. This week NOAA released some more information about what…
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The tremendous cold that has covered Texas, brought snow to the beach in Galveston, and knocked out power to millions of customers in record-setting cold have also affected many producers across the state, including the fields in south Texas that usually produce a lot of food this time of year. According to The Packer, “it…
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We are halfway through February, so I thought I would take a look at the climate so far this month. The temperature departure map shows that the southern half of the region is above normal for the month except for a few areas where the rain was the heaviest. This is what we would expect…
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For what may be the first time ever, winter storm warnings from the National Weather Service have been issued for every county in Texas. The big storm is slowly gathering strength and will bring ice, frigid weather, and heavy snow to a large part of the United States this week. In fact, there are really…
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With short days and lots of cloudy days, winter is the time of year when we are most likely to see Seasonal Affective Disorder, or SAD. With cloud cover over the Southeast this week, it could be a big factor in your bad mood. For Alabama and the western half of Georgia, January or February…
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The latest 7-day QPF forecast shows that abundant rain of up to several inches is expected everywhere in the Southeast this week except for the southern tip of Florida. Rain is likely to occur almost every day, leading to a lack of sunshine as clouds cover the region. That will keep daytime temperatures down but…
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