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  • Webinar: Southeast Climate and Hurricane Outlook, Tuesday June 9 at 10 am EDT

    Pam Knox

    June 8, 2020

    Southeast Climate WebinarSoutheast Climate Monthly Webinar + Hurricane OutlookTuesday, June 9, 2020 at 10 am ET/9 am CT Join us for the Southeast Climate Monthly Webinar! These webinars provide the region’s stakeholders and interested parties with timely information on current and developing climate conditions such as drought, floods, and tropical storms, as well as climatic…

    Posted in: Climate outlooks, Events, Tropical weather
  • TS Cristobal makes landfall along the Louisiana coast

    Pam Knox

    June 7, 2020

    The broad center of Tropical Storm Cristobal made landfall on the central Louisiana coast about 6 pm EDT on Sunday June 7. In a lot of the Southeast, the biggest impact was cloud cover. But in Florida and the very southern parts of Georgia and Alabama, heavy rain also fell. The highest amount in Georgia…

    Posted in: Climate and Ag in the news, Tropical weather
  • SERCC: May 2020 Climate Summary for the Southeast is now available

    Pam Knox

    June 7, 2020

    You can find the Southeast Regional Climate Center’s latest monthly climate summary for May 2020 for the Southeast at https://sercc.com/SoutheastRegionMonthlyClimateReportMay2020.pdf.

    Posted in: Climate summaries
  • Small landowners fight climate change with family forests

    Pam Knox

    June 6, 2020

    According to The Nature Conservancy, more than one third of all US forests are stewarded by individuals and families, including those in the Southeast. Those groups are often overlooked when it comes to fighting climate change through sequestration of carbon. But now there are groups that are partnering with these families and small landowners to…

    Posted in: Climate and Ag in the news, Forests
  • Biggest rainmaker this week is TS Cristobal

    Pam Knox

    June 6, 2020

    Folks in Florida are already starting to see the rainfall from the outlying bands of Tropical Storm Cristobal, which is now located in the central Gulf of Mexico moving north. The west side of the storm is pretty dry, but the east side is very juicy, with bands of heavy rain moving out from the…

    Posted in: Climate outlooks
  • Update on TS Cristobal

    Pam Knox

    June 5, 2020

    Tropical Storm Cristobal has moved back over the Gulf of Mexico and has regained tropical storm force strength. It is slowly picking up speed and is moving almost straight north towards the Louisiana coast. It is expected to continue in that direction until it makes landfall on Sunday evening. It is not expected to become…

    Posted in: Climate and Ag in the news, Tropical weather
  • Impact of spring weather on blueberry crop

    Pam Knox

    June 5, 2020

    The rainy conditions this spring have caused some negative impacts on the Georgia blueberry crop, including soft fruit, vertical berry split, and worms. You can read more about it at the UGA Blueberry Blog here.

    Posted in: Climate and Ag in the news, Extension agent outreach, Fruit
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The “Climate and Agriculture in the Southeast” blog is provided by the Associate Dean of Extension as a service to Extension agents and agricultural producers across the Southeast US. Come here to find out information about the impacts of weather and climate on agriculture across Georgia and beyond.

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