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Weather Underground posted a story today discussing the likelihood of increased drought in the US due to the presence of La Niña in the eastern Pacific Ocean this winter. In the Southeast, La Niña is known as a precursor that we look for when considering the possibility of drought in the region, but it can…
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The Southeast Regional Climate Center has published their latest climate summary for fall 2017. The summary includes sections on Hurricanes Irma and Maria as well as general information about fall conditions. You can read it at https://www.sercc.com/Southeast_Region_Quarterly_Report_Autumn_2017.pdf.
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The round of summaries of 2017 has begun, and here is a good slide show of some of the weather and climate events that have shaped 2017 from Bloomberg News: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/photo-essays/2017-12-20/a-year-of-climate-change-in-photos. The slides that follow it are also interesting for their aerial views of agriculture and industry.
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The latest 3-month outlooks from NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center, show the continuing influence of La Niña, which normally brings above normal temperatures and below normal precipitation to large parts of the Southeast. That does not mean we won’t see any cold weather, since Arctic outbreaks can occur even in La Niña winters, and certainly we’ve…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released this morning, shows a slight increase in the amount of moderate drought in the Southeast from last week due to low levels of precipitation. Since next week should also be fairly dry, I don’t foresee a decrease in drought in the coming week, although the rain we’ve had in the…
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Southeast AgNet Radio network posted a story today noting that in spite of some weather challenges this year, Alabama cotton yields are expected to be the third highest in history. Other crops also did well, although farmers were hurt by low prices for those crops. You can read more at https://southeastagnet.com/2017/12/19/alabama-cotton-yields-third-highest/.
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Thursday, December 21, is the date of this year’s winter solstice, the shortest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere. You can read more about it at EarthSky at https://earthsky.org/tonight/years-shortest-season-starts-with-december-solstice. They also have an interesting article describing the difference in sunlight hours at St. Augustine FL and New York City NY at https://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/solstice-tale-of-two-cities.