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Here is a good and comprehensive tabular summary of how increases in global temperature of 1.5 C, 2 C and beyond will affect a wide variety of weather and climate events, including sea level rise, heat waves, average and extreme temperatures and rainfall, and crop yields as well as other variables. A lot to take…
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Another dry weekend is in store for most of the Southeast as the strong high pressure system continues to dominate the local weather. The high will gradually retreat to the east, allowing more flow from the Gulf of Mexico, bringing moisture back to the areas that have been quite dry. In addition, by midweek we…
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While we are still in ENSO-neutral conditions, NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center is indicating that there is a roughly 70 percent chance of an El Niño occurring by winter. The next update should be out next Thursday. Libbie Johnson of UF/IFAS Extension put together a nice reminder of what impacts farmers in the Southeast, especially northwest…
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The latest monthly climate summary for September 2018 is now available from the Southeast Regional Climate Center. You can view it at https://www.sercc.com/climateinfo_files/monthly/southeast_monthly_report/southeast201809.pdf.
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According to a recent article in Southeast Farm Press, the losses in cotton in North Carolina due to Hurricane Florence vary significantly across the state, but overall the losses may be 25-30 percent of the normal crop. The hardest hit areas were in the southeastern part of the state where both winds and rain and…
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Did you know that North Carolina produces 60% of all of the sweet potatoes grown in the US? This year that number could be down quite a bit due to the rainfall from Hurricane Florence, which hit at the worst possible time for sweet potato producers. According to this article in Modern Farmer, producers were…
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The latest Drought Monitor released this morning shows that moderate drought has expanded in southern South Carolina and in parts of Georgia. Georgia is now almost 50% covered by abnormally dry conditions or drought due to the warm and dry conditions we have experienced in the last week. An area of abnormally dry conditions was…
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