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This week is the National Weather Service’s Severe Weather Preparedness Week. Each day they will highlight a different type of severe weather that occurs in the state and give tips for how to be safe through the storms. You can read more at https://www.weather.gov/ffc/2019_swpw. While severe weather can and does happen in every month of the…
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One of the simplest ways to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases is to become more energy efficient, which reduces the use of energy before emissions occur. Using renewable energy can also help reduce the emission of greenhouse gases, and there is a growing movement towards renewable energy like solar power in…
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The latest newsletter from the IFAS Extension office in northwest Florida provided an update on the state of forage supplies and quality for livestock producers in that area. Producers who were fortunate to have baleage bagged before Hurricane Michael found many of their rolls to be damaged in the storm, leading to problems with quality.…
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The latest 7-day QPF map shows that we can expect mostly dry conditions over the next seven days. The rain that does fall will be mainly confined to the northwest edge of our region, as the main storm track puts rain through the Ohio River Valley to our northwest. The highest chance of rain will…
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The preliminary maps showing the climate for the month of January are in, and they show that for most of the region, temperatures were above normal. Precipitation in many areas was also wetter than normal, but there was a band of drier than normal conditions along the Gulf and Atlantic coasts where the January storms…
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As you probably know, this past week has been frigid for the upper Midwest as a piece of the Arctic air associated with the polar vortex has moved through the area. I think everyone there is glad that temperatures are already starting to warm up and they are likely to be above normal within a…
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The Accumulated Winter Season Index (AWSSI) was developed to objectively quantify and describe the relative severity of the winter season. It factors in intensity and persistence of cold weather, the amount of snow, and the amount and persistence of snow on the ground. If you use it to calculate how bad this year’s winter is,…