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  • Stretching Hay Reserves is Critical during this “Flash Drought”

    Pam Knox

    September 27, 2025

    The Southeast has been very dry the past few weeks and drought has increased across the region. I have heard of numerous livestock producers having to feed hay because the pastures have dried up. This is especially bad this time of year because the farmers were hoping to get one last hay cutting to help…

    Posted in: Climate and Ag in the news, Drought, Livestock
  • Invest 94 becomes Potential Tropical Cyclone 9

    Pam Knox

    September 26, 2025

    At 5 pm EDT today, Investigation 94 officially became Potential Tropical Cyclone 9, indicating that we are getting close enough to a named storm for the National Hurricane Center to start issuing advisories, a forecast cone, and the expected wind field for the storm. It is organizing north of Hispanola and Cuba now and should…

    Posted in: Tropical weather
  • “I’m a Hurricane Chaser, and These Are the 7 Most Dangerous Mistakes People Make in a Storm”

    Pam Knox

    September 26, 2025

    While I don’t chase tornadoes or hurricanes myself, I am still fascinated by people who do, especially those who do it responsibly. This article from hurricane chaser Josh Morgerman describes things you should and should not do if you are in the center of a hurricane, whether you went there deliberately or were living in…

    Posted in: Climate and Ag in the news, Tropical weather
  • When signs of winter typically arrive where you live and how they’re changing

    Pam Knox

    September 26, 2025

    Even though it still feels like summer here in the Southeast, I am starting to see subtle signs of fall in the dropping of leaves from my tulip poplar and colored maples along one of the roads I drive from time to time. I have seen stories of snow down to 10,000 feet in the…

    Posted in: Climate and Ag in the news, Climate science
  • Soon-to-be TS Imelda may hit the East Coast early next week

    Pam Knox

    September 25, 2025

    The latest computer models that are trying to predict the development and track of likely Tropical Storm Imelda are showing a track that may bring Imelda and its rains to parts of the East Coast this weekend and early next week. Since the center of development has not consolidated yet, the forecasts are still very…

    Posted in: Tropical weather
  • Drought expands in every state this week

    Pam Knox

    September 25, 2025

    The latest Drought Monitor, released this morning, shows that drought has expanded in every state of the Southeast this week. The cutoff date for data was Tuesday, so this did not include any effect of the rain we have been experiencing today. The only places that saw improvements were southern Florida and Puerto Rico. Due…

    Posted in: Drought
  • Chance of rain this week due to frontal passage

    Pam Knox

    September 21, 2025

    After a few weeks of very dry conditions, the chance of rain goes up this week with the passage of a cold front during the next few days. Rain will fall in the early part of the week mostly north of the region but some showers could come in ahead of the front, especially as…

    Posted in: Climate outlooks
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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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