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Update: New briefing from the NWS as of 11:30 am on Sunday at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPAxdg9FOEI&feature=youtu.be If you have not been paying attention to your local weather, you need to pay attention now. The forecast for Easter Sunday in the Southeast shows a very high probability of several rounds of severe weather occurring from Sunday morning through…
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The latest 7-day QPF map shows two areas of heavy rain this week. The northern streak is linked to the major storm that will pass through our area on Sunday, bringing not only rain but a significant chance of severe weather, including high winds, hail and long-track tornadoes. (I will post separately on this later…
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According to the latest Drought Monitor, released this morning, a small area of moderate (D1) drought has been introduced to southern Charlton County in Georgia. Drought has also expanded in Florida and Alabama. Over 83 percent of Florida is now in drought, and the area of severe (D2) drought has also expanded there. Because of…
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The latest monthly climate summary for March 2020 is now available from the North Carolina Climate Office. You can find it at https://climate.ncsu.edu/climateblog?id=314&h=5666e5c1.
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Another story from Vegetable and Specialty Crop News this week discusses the pecan crop for 2020. The trees are blooming 2-3 weeks early due to the warm weather, and there are many catkins on the trees, indicating that the pollen from the male flowers will be available once the female flower start blooming. Rainy conditions…
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NOAA’s latest climate summary for March 2020 was released today. In it they show that March was the 10th warmest on record and was in the top third of years for precipitation. They also noted that so far this year the US has had two billion-dollar disasters, both due to severe weather. You can read…
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I’ve been getting questions about the peaches this year, so this is a timely article about the peach season in Alabama and Georgia. While we had a warm winter, most varieties of peaches appear to have gotten enough chill hours to make a good crop, according to an article today in Vegetable and Specialty Crop…