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Surveyors continue to assess damage from Hurricane Idalia in Florida and other states. Damage to agriculture is now estimated at $447 million and to Florida forests at almost $65 million. You can see images and read more at the links below. Growing Produce: What’s the Damage? Hurricane Idalia Toll on Florida Ag Upwards of $447…
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The latest 7-day QPF map shows that a large part of the Southeast will see only light showers this week, with the usual exception of Florida, as high pressure continues to dominate the area. Rain could occur over the Florida Peninsula over the next few days and light showers could occur in Alabama, N GA,…
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While we are past the peak of the Atlantic hurricane season, there is still activity in the basin. Today, two tropical storms, Philippe and Rina, are active in the Atlantic and are located very close to each other. While the path of the two storms may be impacted by how close they are to each…
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The latest outlook from NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center shows that the moderate El Nino that is currently underway is having an impact on the predicted late fall climate patterns especially in precipitation. The temperature outlook is a compromise between cooler than normal conditions we would expect from El Nino and warmer than normal conditions expected…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released today, shows that Tropical Storm Ophelia brought welcome rain to eastern North Carolina and Virginia, relieving some of the dry conditions there. However, the lack of rain in most of the rest of the region led to increases in abnormally dry (D0) and moderate drought (D1) in Alabama, Georgia, Florida,…
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Drought.gov has a good overview of drought conditions across the United States this year at https://www.drought.gov/news/summer-2023-review-look-back-drought-across-us-10-maps-2023-09-21. While we did not have much drought in the Southeast, it is interesting to see how it developed in other parts of the country and what evaporative stresses there were on parts of the Southeast, especially in Florida where…
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Agrivoltaics is the combined use of solar panels and agriculture under the panels that together use less energy and produce more crops. It can also provide shade for livestock. A recent article in Agritecture says this: “In 2019, a study from the universities of Arizona and Maryland found great benefits in combining solar panels and crops. Up…