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The yearly global climate summary for 2023 is now available from the American Meteorological Society. This is the 34th year in a row that a similar summary has been written. You can go right to the document at https://www.ametsoc.org/index.cfm/ams/publications/bulletin-of-the-american-meteorological-society-bams/state-of-the-climate/ or you can read a blog post with the key messages here.
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Fall armyworms are plaguing pastures and hayfields in many areas of the Southeast. This year they have been particularly bad, and I have pictures of significant damage to peanuts and lawns, which are not always affected. In Georgia armyworms have been observed in most counties except near the coasts, in the mountains, and in metro…
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Update: Read a Summary and Replay the Webinar Join us for the Southeast Climate Monthly Webinar! This webinar series provides the region with information on current and developing climate conditions such as drought, floods, and tropical storms, as well as climatic events like El Niño and La Niña. Speakers may also discuss the impacts of…
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According to the latest 7-day QPF map (that stands for Quantitative Precipitation Forecast, in case you were wondering), this coming week should be mostly dry across the region with the exception of the Florida Peninsula and areas immediately along the coast. Since it is also expected to be much hotter than last week, we can…
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I am starting to get questions about the RMA designations for our counties for the purposes of claiming insurance payments for crops that were affected by Debby. Some of you may have too. I have attached the RMA map showing direct and indirect counties for Debby. The questions I am getting are from producers in…
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The latest Drought Monitor shows that while there have been very slight improvements in dry conditions in the eastern part of the region, a lot of Alabama has been designated as abnormally dry (D0). There are also a couple of small areas on the east coast of Florida. This is because most of the eastern…
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I’ve been getting a lot of questions about the impacts of Hurricane Debby on agriculture in the Southeast. Some impacts take a long time to evaluate because they can be caused by standing water in fields, whipping of wind on plants, and other factors that may not show up until much later in the growing…