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According to Clint Thompson in the Vegetable and Specialty Crop News, this year’s Vidalia onion crop is good but onions are smaller than usual due to adverse weather conditions. Producers were hit by hail, wet conditions and even a tornado, which reduced yields as well as sizes, but demand is up due to shortages of…
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The North Carolina Climate Office posted an article today putting the April 13th tornado outbreak of 2020 (which occurred across the Southeast) in historical context. North Carolina reported 16 tornadoes in the outbreak from a total of 132 tornadoes across the Southeast, which is one of the days with the highest numbers in their state’s…
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A new study published in Science recently combined tree ring measurements and model output for the US West to show that the recent string of 18 years of drought were the worst experienced in the region since at least the 1500s and the second driest since the 800s. The scientists attribute about half the dryness…
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A new product forecasting grassland production is now available for the Great Plains. While it is not yet available for the Southeast, the authors have plans to expand it to other areas of the country in the future so I thought you might like to have a quick glance at it. It uses the Climate…
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By the time this post comes out on email at 4 am on Monday morning, the last line of strong storms should be moving through southeast Georgia. By the time most of you read it sometime after 8 am, the severe weather should be almost done for our state, although there will still be a…
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While I was taking breaks from studying the weather and reading about the coronavirus, I found a few interesting stories to share with you. Here they are, in no particular order. Time: 10 Pioneer-era Apple Types, Thought Extinct, Found in Forgotten Orchards Across Pacific Northwest Forbes: A New Normal: How Private Sector Meteorologists Are Adjusting…
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Update 7:30 PM on April 19–Rain-cooled air in central GA has stabilized the atmosphere and kept the warm front to the south. That meant less chance of supercells this afternoon, and severe weather down south has been isolated. However, the main system is still to the west and has plenty of energy for storms, even…