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If you read this from my email link, by the time you get to it on Monday morning, astronomical winter will have begun. The official time of the winter solstice is 5:02 am EST, and tomorrow will be the shortest day of 2020. Of course, climatological winter began on December 1, so we are already…
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If you don’t like the new NWS radar site which I discussed earlier this week, you might be interested in checking out these two alternate sites. They have the same information but in a different format that might be easier to learn. National Severe Storms Lab Operational Product Viewer NWS Experimental Enhanced Data Display
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Here’s a really interesting story from Science magazine on a new way to date rocks. By looking at fossilized lightning strikes in rocks (called fulgurites) and measuring their amount of moisture, scientists can produce amazingly accurate dates of when the lightning hit. When lightning strikes the rock, it drives out all moisture, and the moisture…
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While this blog is devoted to the climate of the Southeast, we can’t help but look at what is happening in other parts of the world. All of the world’s weather and climate is linked together by the great fluid atmosphere (and the oceans, too) where what happens in one place can affect what happens…
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The latest 7-day precipitation forecast for this week shows that most parts of the region should see some precipitation. Southern Florida will be the driest part of the region. For most, it will be rain, but northern and higher elevation areas could see some snow, so watch those forecasts if you are planning to do…
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A recent article in Vegetable and Specialty Crop News pointed out that recent rain of up to 3 inches in southern Florida have caused the muck soils there to hold water like a sponge. The effects on plants include stand loss and increased diseases on lettuce and beans. Fortunately, the weather for the next week…
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Temperatures across the Southeast have been rising since the 1960s, and nighttime low temperatures have been rising almost twice as fast as daytime high temperatures. According to an article in AgWeb, “Corn thrives in hot, humid summers, but it needs cool nights to fill kernels. Climate change is causing nighttime temperatures across the corn belt…