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The final outlook for July 2024 shows that the Southeast is expected to experience a strong heat wave for July 2-8, contributing to a likely July temperature that is expected to be warmer than normal. You can read more about the heat wave at https://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/key_messages/LatestKeyMessage_1.png. Based on the warmer than normal temperatures coupled with precipitation…
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In the Southeast, agricultural producers have started to add new crops to the mix of traditional commodity and specialty crops as the climate and the markets have been changing. Some of those crops include cold-hardy citrus in Georgia and Alabama, olives, and pomegranates. Here is an interesting story in National Geographic about how the warming…
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If you have lived in several parts of the country, it might not surprise you to know that weather forecast accuracy is not the same everywhere. This is because some places like South Florida see the same weather almost every day of the year, where the Northeast gets frequent cold and warm fronts and also…
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Over the course of the day, Hurricane Beryl went from a tropical storm to a major hurricane and then to a Category 4 storm with sustained winds of 130 mph and an impressive eye. It is expected to maintain this strength for a few days before weakening as it hits some wind shear in the…
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With Major Hurricane Beryl now steaming west in the Atlantic Ocean towards the Caribbean, the Atlantic hurricane season is now underway with a vengeance. While it does not look like Beryl or the storm immediately behind her will affect us in the Southeast, a storm in the not-too-distant future may be more of a problem.…
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So how can you pass up a story with a headline like this? I couldn’t. This story from Feedstuffs describes the process of breeding cattle that tolerate heat better than current varieties by sweating a lot to keep cool. This is one of several adaptation methods cattle producers can use to respond to the warming…
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As of 5 pm on Saturday, TS Beryl was upgraded to a hurricane by the National Hurricane Center. Beryl’s vertical structure is almost perfectly stacked with no wind shear and it is over an area with very warm ocean temperatures, so it is expected to become a major hurricane in the next couple of days…
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