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If you follow this blog, you know we’ve been expecting the onset of an El Niño sometime this fall. So far, it hasn’t quite happened. This article from NOAA gives an update on the current status of the El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) and how likely the El Niño is. You can read it at https://www.climate.gov/news-features/blogs/enso/november-2018-enso-update-just-little-bit-history-repeating.…
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A friend of mine just went to Antarctica to do field work on a set of weather stations down there that have to survive incredibly harsh conditions. It is now spring there and many scientists are headed that way to do their summer research. He is already finding that some of the stations received much…
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The Atlanta Journal-Constitution published a sad but interesting story this week about how farmers in Southwest Georgia are still coping with the total devastation of Hurricane Michael. In many cases, it is clear that life will never be the same, but farmers and other residents are working together towards a new future. You can read…
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NOAA released the latest monthly climate summary this week. It showed that for the contiguous US, the temperature was just slightly cooler than the long-term average and the precipitation was the 6th wettest since records began in 1895. For the year to date, it was the 10th warmest on record and the 5th wettest. You…
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A recent story in Drovers Newsletter described a solar microgrid that was under construction at a large cattle ranch in Hawaii. The power generated by this microgrip will help the ranchers pump water for their livestock as well as power other commercial enterprises near the microgrid. More producers, especially those in remote areas that have…
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Dry conditions along the East Coast has led to a slight expansion of moderate drought conditions in eastern Georgia and southern South Carolina. A small sliver of drought was also added to northeast Florida near the addition of moderate drought to the Brunswick area of Georgia. In Alabama, abnormally dry conditions shrank as rain helped…
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The Georgia Department of Ag put together a heart-wrenching six-page media guide called “Facing the Storm” that contained stories from a number of farmers around Georgia that were affected by Hurricane Michael. I think you will marvel at their stories and share in their sadness as they pick up the pieces of their lives and…