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The latest climate outlook from the Climate Prediction Center shows that October and October through December are both expected to be warmer than normal. Precipitation for October is expected to be above normal in Florida and along the coasts but could be drier than normal farther inland, away from tropical weather. For the October through…
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The latest seasonal climate summary for the Southeast for June through August 2020 is now available from the Southeast Regional Climate Center. You can view it at https://sercc.com/SoutheastRegionQuarterlyReportSummer2020.pdf.
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Folks around the Southeast are starting to assess the damage from Hurricane Sally as it crept onshore yesterday and moved off to the northeast through central Georgia. Because of the slow forward movement of the storm, parts of the coast were subjected to hours of hurricane-force wind which caused problems for cotton and pecans. Heavy…
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How does your property insurance cover severe weather? Or does it? There are often policy statements that can limit or deny coverage for certain kinds of damage caused by extreme weather. If you live in an area that is affected by severe weather (which is almost all of us), then you need to understand what…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released this morning, covers conditions through this past Tuesday, before Sally came onshore. It shows no drought in the region but some pockets of abnormally dry conditions scattered around the region. They contracted slightly in Georgia and expanded slightly in South Carolina. With the passage of Sally over parts of the…
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As of Wednesday night, Sally has weakened to a depression and is slowly moving off to the northeast. It will continue to move through Georgia and the Carolinas on Thursday and Friday, dropping rain that could be as much as 10 inches in some places as it continues to move to the northeast at an…
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A recent Farm Press article gives a good description of how Hurricane Sally is expected to affect crops in Alabama. Cotton and pecans are the most likely to be affected because they are still a month from harvest and need good conditions to reach harvest successfully. The heavy rain and winds are likely to cause…