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The latest Drought Monitor map, released earlier today, shows that severe drought (D2) now covers over a quarter of Alabama. Moderate drought (D1) and a small spot of severe drought are now present in western parts of Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina. The eastern parts of the region are still free of dry conditions…
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I’ve been getting a lot of questions about why the Atlantic hurricane season recently has been strangely inactive considering we are currently near the climatological peak of activity. It is even more puzzling because all of the forecasts for the season were for well-above-normal activity, with the possibility of 17-25 named storms, and we started…
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The wet temperatures in July have contributed to a rise in the occurrence of scab on pecan trees across Georgia and adjacent areas. Hot and dry conditions in June kept the scab in check but when the wetter conditions returned in July, scab became more of an issue. Producers were applying fungicides frequently to reduce…
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As expected, the August 2024 precipitation was a feast or famine depending on where you are. The pattern was dominated by the passage of Hurricane Debby early in the month. That brought a lot of rain to Florida and eastern parts of the region but left a lot of the rest dry. Temperatures varied across…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released earlier this week, show that dry conditions expanded across Alabama as well as western parts of Georgia and Florida this week in the areas that were not affected by Hurricane Debby. There was very little rain there and temperatures were warmer than normal. There were no changes in Virginia from…
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The latest 7-day QPF forecast (Quantitative Precipitation Forecast) for rainfall in the next 7 days shows that we are returning to a rainier state over the next week after a slow increase in drought conditions for the past couple of weeks. A pair of fronts are supposed to move through the area this weekend, bringing…
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I typically do not mention the Farmer’s Almanac (or the Old Farmers’ Almanac) in my blog because I know how unscientific it is and how poorly it does when rigorously tested. But I thought you might enjoy reading this blog post from the Colorado Climate Blog written by my colleague Peter Goble, who goes into…