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This week should see relatively little rain for Alabama and northern Georgia as the front that is current moving through the area sags south and stalls out over northern Florida. That will be welcome news for those in the driest areas of the Southeast, since the rain should provide some needed soil moisture and could…
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The Southeast Regional Climate Center has published their climate summary for March 2018. You can find it at https://www.sercc.com/SoutheastRegionMonthlyClimateReportMarch2018.pdf.
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Do you remember all the agricultural damage from Hurricanes Harvey and Maria last year? Or from the wildfires in California? Congress voted in February to provide disaster aid to those farmers to the tune of $2.36 billion. But very little of that money has been paid to producers yet, causing them to become concerned and…
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The University of Florida IFAS Extension newsletter posted a good scientific review of temperature inversions in the atmosphere that you might find useful. For this time of year they are especially important to know about because some frost prevention methods like using fans or helicopters depend on the presence of an inversion to help bring…
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The first of several tropical storm forecasts for the 2018 Atlantic hurricane season was released today by Colorado State University. It shows that they expect a slightly greater than normal number of storms and probability of making landfall in the US based on the weakening La Niña and ocean temperatures that are above normal in…
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Rain and frost have hurt the supply of artichokes from California this year according to The Packer last week. First a heavy frost hit, and that was followed by rain which caused the artichokes to look frosted and reduced yields just ahead of the Easter season, when artichokes are often promoted. However, unless they get…
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Today’s Drought Monitor shows that severe drought has now appeared in southern Florida and has expanded in South Carolina, as well as a significant introduction of moderate drought into that state. As of today, severe drought covers almost 7% of the region, any drought over a quarter of the region, and any dry conditions more…
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