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A couple of disturbances from the tropics will bring a lot of rain to the Southeast this week. One disturbance will move north from the southeastern tip of Florida over the weekend and will bring rain to Georgia and the Carolinas by Monday or Tuesday. Another one will move in from the northeastern Gulf of…
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The Northeast Climate Hub of the USDA has a new short guide to how dairy farmers are being impacted by changes in temperature and rainfall and what they can do to protect their herds and infrastructure. It is geared towards the Northeastern US but has good information for everyone. Read it at https://www.climatehubs.oce.usda.gov/hubs/northeast/topic/weather-and-climate-considerations-dairy.
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Here is a report on turfgrass conditions from UGA specialist Dr. Clint Waltz: Spring 2018 preliminary spring turfgrass report “Aeration and patience would be suggested. Over the past 7 to 10 days environmental conditions have finally become favorable for growth of warm-season species. Considering April 2018 was the coldest April since 1997 <Coldest April for the…
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According to the latest NOAA ENSO advisory, La Niña is now gone from the eastern Pacific Ocean and we have returned to neutral conditions. While we are technically in neutral conditions, La Niña-like patterns could continue for a few months as the ocean equilibrates. That may mean drier than normal weather in the Southeast for…
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A recent article in Geophysical Research Letters indicates that the most powerful hurricanes are strengthening more quickly than they used to, according to a newsletter from the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. While hurricanes as a whole are not rapidly intensifying more often than in the past, the most powerful storms are getting stronger more quickly…
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If you love to eat exotic food like I do, you might already know about the ultra-high quality hams that come from Spain. In contrast to Yorkshires which provide the bulk of American bacon, the pigs that Spanish hams come from are darker and leaner. The farmers in Spain finish them up on months of…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released this morning, shows that there have been slight increases in moderate drought in Alabama, Florida, Georgia and South Carolina this week. This is the result of mainly dry conditions coupled with warm temperatures over the past week. With little rain expected in the next five days, drought conditions may expand…
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