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My friend and colleague Deke Arndt, a climatologist at the National Centers for Environmental Information, recently published a series of graphs showing how distributions of temperature have changed over time. On these graphs, each line represents a different month. The blue “hump” shows the distribution of daily temperature (either maximum or minimum) for the period…
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The Southeast Farm Press published an interesting story today based on an interview with BASF director of North American crop protection Luke Bozeman. In the story they discuss how a combination of breeding, new technology, and smart management practices can help farmers adapt to whatever changes are coming to the climate in the future. While…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released this morning, shows that the area of abnormally dry (D0) conditions more than doubled from last week’s map. There was a big increase in D) in southeastern Georgia and a smaller expansion in South Carolina and Florida, with the addition of a small area in Alabama. Abnormally dry conditions do…
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It’s been a while since I posted a climate outlook for Georgia, but I’ve gotten a few requests so here you go. Summary: Temperatures for the next two weeks are expected to be cooler than normal. Temperatures for the rest of spring, summer and fall are all leaning towards warmer than normal conditions due to…
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A recent study by scientists from Northern Illinois University (including a UGA geography department graduate) shows that the higher frequency of tornadoes is shifting to the east from the Plains towards the Southeast. While the traditional Tornado Alley in Oklahoma and the Plains is still tops, the Southeast is catching up and experiencing more frequent…
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With all of the rain we have had in the past few months, lake levels are very high, and in some cases much higher than the usual pool. This has put some docks underwater, exposing wires to the water. These wires are often associated with boat lifts or lights on the dock. This has resulted…
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Now that spring is here, many home gardeners are eager to get out and start planting, hoping to avoid a late frost and get an early start on the growing season. For many parts of the Southeast, we may have already seen the last frost of the year, but the long range forecasts still do…