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The latest La Nina update from NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center shows that the La Nina is likely to continue through winter and into early spring, according to this story in Reuters. While this has not been a very typical La Nina winter so far due to the displacement of the cold air associated with the…
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It’s the time of year for crop meetings, and here is the link to the registration information for the 2021 Florida Panhandle Row Crop courses. As you might expect, they will be offered virtually, and you need to register to get the Zoom links. CEUs are available for pesticide credit. You can read more about…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released earlier this week, show only small increases in abnormally dry (D0) conditions this week in Georgia and South Carolina. No substantial changes are expected next week. In Puerto Rico, there were slight increases in moderate (D1) drought. You can view the weekly DM at https://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/.
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As a former State Climatologist of Wisconsin and a former assistant State Climatologist of Georgia, I am very proud of state climatologists around the country, many of whom also run weather networks like I do and who provide service to a wide array of stakeholders on a daily basis. I am pleased to note that…
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The Drought.gov web site has gotten a fresh new look! The new Drought.gov includes easily accessible and shareable information, up-to-date drought conditions and forecasts down to the county and city level, interactive maps and data that don’t exist anywhere else, and a new “By Sector” section showing drought’s impacts on different economic sectors. If you…
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This virtual symposium will explore lessons garnered from the Caribbean and South Florida realities and their applicability across the region and beyond. Bringing together social and physical scientists, economists, scholars, and leaders from around the region, this symposium will explore the interconnected and salient climate-induced or climate-aggravated aspects directly affecting people in the region. The…
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The polar vortex has been in the news again because it is contributing to the cold conditions we have been experiencing in the Southeast recently. But there is still a lot of confusion about what it is and how it has come to affect us here. PBS/Nova has a very interesting discussion of how there…