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As the earth’s climate changes, strawberry growers are having to deal with temperatures that are warmer than in the past. In California, they are also having to deal with increased salinity of the soil due to irrigation, leading to negative impacts on new plants. But with strawberries as a very high-value crop, producers are using…
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The latest monthly climate summary for the United States was released earlier this week by NOAA. It shows that temperatures along the southern part of the Southeast were warmer than normal but northern areas were closer to normal. Precipitation varied across the region with a band of wet conditions stretching through Alabama, Georgia, and North…
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Here are a few more stories on the impacts of Hurricane Idalia’s wind and rain on agriculture in the Southeast. Florida Climate Center: Hurricane Idalia Preliminary Post-Storm Summary Georgia Farm Monitor: Hurricane Idalia Wreaks Havoc on Georgia Agriculture (video) Specialty Crop Industry: Strawberry Farmer Testimonial: Hurricane Idalia Impact Not as Bad as Planting Season Looms…
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Yesterday, September 10, was the climatological midpoint of the Atlantic tropical season. You can read more about what that means from the Weather Channel here. This means we have a long way to go before we are safe from the potential impacts of another hurricane. Tonight, there are two active hurricanes in the Atlanta: Hurricane…
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Here’s the first of four blog posts that provide a retrospective on Hurricane Florence and its impacts on North Carolina, five years after it happened, from the North Carolina State Climate Office. You can read it at Florence After Five: An Anxious Arrival – North Carolina State Climate Office (ncsu.edu) on their climate blog. Update:…
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The latest 7-day rainfall forecast shows that most of the region will receive scattered showers and thunderstorms for the first few days of the week with dry conditions returning late in the week. Alabama is expected to be dry all week, while areas in the Southern Appalachians and in Florida are most likely to see…
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The latest outlook for Hurricane Lee as of 11 pm on Friday shows that while it is still a strong storm, it has weakened quite a bit from last night’s estimates of winds of 165 mph and is now down to 115 mph. This is due to the combination of increased wind shear and an…
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