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According to a story from UGA by Paul Pugliese, “This year has been a terrible year for mummy berry disease due to the unusually cool, wet spring weather. Late freezes also predisposed leaves and flower buds to infection.” Mummy berry is a fungal disease of blueberry plants that causes blueberries to dry, shrivel and drop…
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The latest outlook for July 2020 shows that warmer and wetter conditions are likely to occur for the month across most of the Southeast. The first two weeks of July are predicted to be fairly rainy, with drier conditions in the second half of the month. The outlook for July through September also shows warmer…
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According to recent news articles, two lightning flashes set new records of more than double the old records. One of the lightning bolts in Brazil was 440 miles long according to satellite images,a new record for length. A second bolt in Argentina set a new record for duration of over 16 seconds long. You can…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released today, shows that abnormally dry (D0) conditions decreased in Alabama, but a small area of D0 edged into SW Georgia along the border with Alabama. Most of the dry areas should receive an inch or more of rain in the next five days, which could lead to reductions on next…
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For most of the Southeast, June 2020 turned out to be cooler and drier than normal, although there were some notable exceptions due to Tropical Storm Cristobal in the first week. In spite of the drier than normal conditions, many producers are complaining about moisture-related diseases affecting their crops this year, which may be due…
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If you like stories about adventure or difficult technological challenges, you will enjoy this story about installing weather stations on top of Mount Everest. Not only did they encounter extreme weather and harsh working conditions (including lack of oxygen and large crowds), but they had to improvise when they discovered that they were missing some…
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According to reports from earlier in June, North Carolina may have experienced its best strawberry season ever. A relatively mild spring with no major frost events helped growers prolong this year’s growing season. Growers were able to get an early start to the season using row covers, which allowed some plants to start flowering as…