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As of 5 pm on Saturday, TS Beryl was upgraded to a hurricane by the National Hurricane Center. Beryl’s vertical structure is almost perfectly stacked with no wind shear and it is over an area with very warm ocean temperatures, so it is expected to become a major hurricane in the next couple of days…
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Here is some very timely information for farmers on what they need to do to prepare for a hurricane hit to their farms in advance of any threatening weather. It was published in the Florida Land Steward Newsletter this past Friday by Christopher Demers at the University of Florida. ————————————————————————– GET YOUR FARM RECORDS COMPLETED…
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The latest 7-day QPF map shows that everywhere in the Southeast is expected to get some rain in the next week, but the heaviest rain will be in Florida and along the coastal plains of the Gulf and East Coasts. Inland in the Piedmont, amounts will be lighter, with no rain expected there after mid-week.…
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The tropics have really picked up in activity in the past few days. The big system to watch right now is in the eastern Atlantic, moving WNW towards the Caribbean. This area of interest has a 90% chance of becoming a named storm in the next week. The model tracks show a very wide spread…
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Some crops can take a lot of heat, but others like corn don’t like it when it gets too warm. This story from Wallaces Farmer describes how corn responds to very dry and hot conditions and how it impacts the final yield of the corn crop. I know that some dryland corn in the Southeast…
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While we’ve been dry here in the Southeast, other parts of the world are experiencing even worse heat waves and droughts. One of these places is India, where the heat has been rising to record-setting levels. This is resulting in a decline in the production of wheat, a staple crop there. You can read more…
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The combination of almost no rain and very warm temperatures has resulted in a big increase in abnormally dry conditions across the region. In a few areas, the drought status increased by two categories, which rarely happens. The only place that did not change or improved slightly was central Florida. Another week of dry and…
Posted in: Drought