Dr. Dennis Hancock of UGA has a timely article about dealing with all the moldy hay that has been produced this year during the wet and cool conditions this fall. Even hay that was dry in the field may have absorbed moisture in the barn and become moldy later. Horses…
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I read an interesting article in Bloomberg Businessweek today about the impacts of El Niño on the worldwide price of gold. According to the article, one of the biggest groups of buyers of gold is Indian farmers, who use gold as an investment and as a dowry when their daughters get…
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The Carolinas Integrated Science and Assessments (CISA) group has just published a four-page fact sheet describing the flood event that hit South Carolina in early October. They describe the weather, the climate context, the hydrologic response and the impacts for future planning and provide a list of additional resources. You…
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The State Climate Office of North Carolina has released their official forecast for the winter of 2015-16. You can read it on their blog at http://climate.ncsu.edu/climateblog?id=166&h=5666e5c1. Here’s their summary of what to expect for North Carolina this winter. The more general aspects of the forecast are also applicable to the rest…
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I’ve been asked why the National Weather Service Office in Peachtree City, GA, is not issuing freeze warnings today even though tonight is the first expected occurrence of killing frost this year for parts of north and central Georgia. You can see the hole in the warnings on the national warning…
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With widespread frost expected across northern and central Alabama, Georgia and points farther east and the cold winter season upon us, you might find this blog post from the National Forests blog on myths about cold weather interesting. For example, did you know that you do not lose most of…
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As a cold front moves through the region today, a few spotty showers are being kicked off. The real story will be the chilly air that is ushered in behind it. Saturday night may see frost in the northern part of Georgia, but Sunday night into Monday morning will see…
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