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Rainfall of up to 2 feet in South Florida caused severe damage to South Florida vegetable crops that were bound for holiday tables and could lead to shortages or price increases, according to an article in the Sun Sentinel. The timing of the storm was particularly bad for farms that were in the midst of…
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The latest 7 day QPF map shows that most of the Southeast will be quite dry this week, with the wettest areas on the east coast of Florida and up along the East Coast as well as in AL and in northern GA. The wettest period will be Wednesday through Thursday as a cold front…
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The North Carolina Climate Office posted their winter outlook earlier this week. It is no surprise that it reflects what we know about the current La Nina. While the signal of La Nina is not as strong in North Carolina as it is in northern Florida and Alabama and Georgia, this year’s strong event should…
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I don’t know about you, but watching clouds is one of my favorite things to do. Clouds come in an amazing variety of shapes, and what is even more amazing is that those shapes, and the colors of the clouds, too, are based on physical principles that can tell us something about the weather that…
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With all of the tropical weather we have had in the Southeast this year, it is no surprise that some of our crops like cotton were affected by the storms. This article in the Southeast Farm Press describes the kinds of damage that were seen in cotton this year and how the coastal areas were…
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The latest monthly outlook for December 2020 is now out from NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center. It shows that all of the Southeast is expected to be warmer than normal and that most of the region is also likely to be drier than normal. This is consistent with our expectation of the continuing strong La Nina…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released this morning, shows that abnormally dry (D0) have expanded in southeastern Georgia into the far northeast part of Florida. However, D0 coverage has decreased in South Carolina due to more recent rains. No big changes are expected for next week’s map.
Posted in: Drought