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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…
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The latest 7-day QPF map shows that most of the region should be relatively dry over the next week with the exception of Florida and areas right next to the coast. The rain that does fall will occur over the next couple of days as some waves of severe weather move through the region ahead…
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Here is a new term for me. I have not heard of the term “Atlantic Niña” before. But according to NOAA’s ENSO blog, an Atlantic Niña is similar to a Pacific La Niña in that it brings colder than normal ocean water to the surface of the eastern Atlantic. NOAA is expecting one to form…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released today, shows big improvements in drought conditions across a lot of the Southeast along the path of Debby as it moved north through the region. In some parts of South and North Carolina, the rainfall was so much that the drought improved by two categories, which usually only happens in…
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