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Here is another story about evaluating hail damage to crops, following the one I posted earlier this week. Nebraska Farmer posted this article about the evaluation of hail damage to corn. It encourages farmers to wait at least a week to see how much the crop can recover on its own before making a final…
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The latest 7-day QPF map shows that while most of the region will be relatively dry, the Florida Peninsula could see multiple inches of rain this week due to a change in the weather pattern that will allow warm moist air to move across the Peninsula starting later this weekend. The National Hurricane Center is…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released last Thursday, shows that a few small patches of abnormally dry (D0) conditions have developed across the northern states in our region. A reduction in D0 conditions occurred in central Alabama. But the real drought story this week is the big expansion of severe drought in the southern Florida Peninsula…
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In summer months I typically write a monthly outlook for our Georgia cotton and peanut growers. Here is the latest edition for June 2024. It may be generally useful for folks across the Southeast although it is directed towards those in Georgia. Welcome to summer! Climatologists designate the months of June, July, and August as…
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The latest monthly summary for the May 2024 climate for North Carolina was published today by the State Climate Office there. It discusses the wet conditions there compared to much drier conditions in April and how warmer than normal temperatures contributed to above-normal accumulations of growing degree days there. You can read more at https://climate.ncsu.edu/blog/2024/06/soaking-showers-summer-sizzle-show-up-in-may/.
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Hail can devastate a field in just a few minutes, flattening crops and causing bruising or loss of leaves. The initial sight of the hail-damaged field may lead producers to assume the crop is a complete loss. But according to this article from the Indiana Prairie Farmer, hail damage to soybeans (and most likely other…
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Brian Brettschneider, @Climatologist49 on Twitter, is one of the first climatologists to provide climate summary maps for the US after the end of each month and season. Here are the maps he produced for May and the March-May periods. They show that May was warmer than normal everywhere but it was especially hot in Florida…
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