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According to calculations provided by the Southeast Regional Climate Center on their Perspectives tool, the last May 3 through August 3 (three months) has been in the top ten wettest in many parts of the Southeast. In Virginia and at a few scattered locations elsewhere it has been the wettest on record. The only places…
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Record high temperatures in Northern Europe have had an unexpected effect on Sweden’s geography according to the Time magazine news story here. The nation’s historical tallest peak, which was crowned by a thick glacier, has melted to the point that it is no longer the tallest mountain in Sweden. The heat wave in Europe has…
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This week’s 7 day QPF map shows that most of the Southeast will get less than normal rainfall for the next week. This is sure to be a relief for many producers in the area, who have been hit by repeated rounds of thunderstorms. The only exception might be central Georgia, which has only received…
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With all the rain we have been having this summer, I have gotten numerous reports about farmers having trouble finding windows of time for their hay to dry. Kim Mullenix from Auburn University wrote a helpful article in Dairy Herd Management explaining how rain affects hay quality over time. You can read it here.
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When I drive around the Southeast, I usually like listening to local radio as I travel. But many people prefer to avoid commercials and listen to podcasts instead. Here are a few sources of weather-related podcasts that you might find enjoyable. If you have others you like, email them to me and I will add…
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As a climatologist, I read many articles about what future climate will be like. They come from a variety of perspectives and cover a variety of topics related to how the climate is changing and what impacts will be felt by agriculture, forests and foresters, ecosystems, coastal and urban residents, and others. I need to…
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July 2018 brought welcome near-average temperatures to the State of Georgia, with most stations experiencing temperatures that were within a degree of normal values. Rainfall in many parts of the state was above normal, but dry conditions were scattered across the state in the hit-or-miss thunderstorms that fell throughout July. In Atlanta, the monthly average…
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