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Tropical Storm Eta is currently located just off the northwest corner of Cuba and is expected to make its way slowly north over the rest of this week. The current forecast shows that it is likely to make landfall somewhere between Apalachicola and Tampa, FL on Thursday night into Friday morning. Tropical storm force winds…
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According to the Southeast Farm Press, “With the 2020 harvest kicking off, all signs show Georgia’s pecan crop will be the largest in more than a decade and set the state back on top.” I’ve been hearing reports of pecan trees with such heavy loads of nuts that producers have been concerned that strong winds…
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Here’s a recent article on the impacts of the current La Niña on the hurricane season, which is still chugging along, and on winter conditions that could affect next year’s growing season conditions. It is by my friend and colleague Bob Kemerait of UGA Extension and was published today in Farm Press. The expected strong…
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Strawberry planting is underway and in some places is almost done in the Southeast. Now growers are watching for the cold outbreak that will bring widespread frost to the area. The cold temperatures could cause damage to the newly planted strawberries if frost comes before the young plants are sufficiently hardened off. This cold damage…
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As of 11 pm EST, Tropical Storm Eta is located near the southern tip of the Florida Peninsula, hammering southern Florida with heavy rain and gusty winds. It is moving westward and is expected to move past the Keys and into the eastern Gulf by Tuesday morning. It could become a weak hurricane. At that…
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The latest monthly climate summary for the lower 48 states was released this week. It shows that for the region as a whole, the temperature was in the middle third of all years since 1895, and the precipitation was exactly average. There was quite a bit of variability across the US, however. The Southeast was…
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This week’s 7 day QPF map shows that southern Florida and the East Coast will receive the heaviest amounts of rain. That map is dependent on where Eta ends up, so be aware that this could change if the track changes significantly. At the moment, the wettest period for most of the region looks like…
Posted in: Climate outlooks