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  • New York Times: Inside the Storm Prediction Center

    Pam Knox

    April 22, 2019

    With all of the severe weather we’ve had in the last couple of weeks, you might be wondering how those storms are tracked and warned. The New York Times put out an article this week on NOAA’s Storm Prediction Center, who puts out the outlooks for regions of the country that are likely to see…

    Posted in: Climate and Ag in the news, Severe
  • Not much rain this week

    Pam Knox

    April 20, 2019

    Most areas of the Southeast will see less than 1/2 inch of precipitation this week, with most of that falling next weekend. Calm, cool and dry weather are expected for most areas until then.

    Posted in: Climate outlooks
  • How the National Hurricane Center determined that Michael was a Category 5 storm

    Pam Knox

    April 19, 2019

    Earlier today I posted about the newly released final report on Hurricane Michael from NOAA’s National Hurricane Center.  You can find the link to the report in an earlier blog post today. Here is an interesting article from Bob Henson at Weather Underground which looks into the details of the report, including how the NHC…

    Posted in: Climate and Ag in the news, Tropical weather
  • BBC video: Climate Change–The Facts

    Pam Knox

    April 19, 2019

    This week BBC broadcast a new 1-hour special on the science of climate change which provides a very good overview of the current state of climate science. The story is told from a British viewpoint but provides an excellent overview of climate change, how we know it exists and how it is changing our earth’s…

    Posted in: Climate and Ag in the news, Climate science
  • National Hurricane Center releases final report on Hurricane Michael

    Pam Knox

    April 19, 2019

    NOAA’s National Hurricane Center released their official report on Hurricane Michael today. It officially notes that Michael was a Category 5 storm. The report includes a number of observations from the University of Georgia weather network as well as many other sensor networks. You can read it at https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/data/tcr/AL142018_Michael.pdf.

    Posted in: Climate summaries, Tropical weather
  • Latest outlooks indicate more wetter and warmer than normal conditions continue

    Pam Knox

    April 18, 2019

    The latest monthly and seasonal outlooks from NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center, released today, indicate that warmer and wetter than normal conditions are likely to continue through the months of May, June and July.  This means that the moderate drought that is currently in place in parts of the Southeast is likely to be eliminated over…

    Posted in: Climate outlooks
  • Webinar: Understanding and Interpreting Climate Outlooks on April 22

    Pam Knox

    April 18, 2019

    Do you have trouble understanding how to interpret the monthly climate outlooks put out by NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center? Then this webinar is for you! On Monday, April 22, there will be a webinar at 2-3 pm EDT (1-2 PM CDT) on how to read these maps and interpret the results.  You can register for…

    Posted in: Climate outlooks, Events
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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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