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The latest 7 day QPF map shows that most of the Southeast should get less than half an inch of rain in the next week. Most of the rain in the eastern US will be centered to our northwest in the Ohio River Valley, which is very typical with a La Niña going on. Temperatures…
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Here’s some interesting information about a source of weather forecast data that might be useful for farmers across the Southeast, from Mark Hoffmann at our sister UGA Extension blog on viticulture. Note that the six-day forecast for humidity, wind, dew/frost and other variables will be good for planning field work for many crops, not just…
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In spite of cold conditions this winter, the trend to warmer minimum temperatures since 1970 has been for higher annual extreme minimum temperatures across the Southeast (and the US). Climate Central has published a set of graphs showing how the lowest temperature each station reported each year starting in 1970 has trended upward over time.…
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Atlas Obscura has an interesting story about how white-letter hairstreak eggs have been found in Scotland for the first time since 1884. They used to be fairly common but the population declined for a number of reasons. One of them was Dutch Elm disease, since elm trees were favored plants for the caterpillars to feed…
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The latest climate outlook maps for the US have been released today. They show that the La Niña pattern we have seen in the last few weeks is expected to continue, although the subtropical jet stream which brings rain to the Ohio River Valley in La Niña years is shifted a bit farther south, as…
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After a week of significant rain, dry conditions in the Southeast have been significantly reduced, now covering just over half the region. Severe (D2) drought has been eliminated from the area. Over the short term, additional reductions in drought are likely due to additional rainfall, although warmer than normal temperatures will also increase evaporation. The…
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The climate for the first half of February 2018 in the Southeast shows warm conditions across most of the region, especially in the southern areas. Quite a change from January! Wet conditions are apparent in the northern sections, but drier than normal conditions are present in the Florida peninsula and along the Atlantic coast. This…