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The latest Drought Monitor, released this morning, shows that all drought has now been removed from the Southeast, leaving a small area of residual abnormally dry conditions along the east coast of the Florida peninsula. That may well be removed in the next week as they are forecast to get a good bit of rain,…
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The latest outlooks from NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center were released this morning. They show temperatures in the southern and eastern parts of the Southeast in March and in the whole region in March through May are leaning towards warmer than normal values. Precipitation for both March and the March-May spring season are leaning towards above-normal…
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The National Phenology Network tracks the advance of the “green wave” of first leaf and first bloom moving north in spring using volunteer observers who report their observations to the NPN. They have maps which show the progression of spring leaf out and first bloom on their web site, including an update on how this…
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For over 150 years, forest stewardship and farming have been an important part of African American history. Following the Civil War, many African American families took to the land to seek their future. By 1910, black landowners had accumulated 15 million acres across the US South and by the 1920s, 14% of all farms in…
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Agricultural producers in the Southeast are always looking for new crops to supplement or replace older crops that are not providing good returns. One of the newest crops to be discussed is industrial hemp (not to be confused with medicinal hemp, or marijuana). Hemp was grown frequently in the past and has a number of…
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NOAA released their global climate summary for January 2019 today. It shows that the average global temperature for the month was tied for the 3rd warmest on record with 2007. January 2016 and 2017 were both warmer. The ten top warmest global temperatures for January have all occurred since 2002, with records that go back…
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If you like beautiful images of the landscape, especially those containing weather elements, you will love this slide show of the winners of the 2018 Landscape Photographer of the Year competition. See them at the Beauty of Planet Earth here.
Posted in: Interesting weather images