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As a former National Weather Service employee with many friends currently working in the NWS, I have been following the evolving government shutdown carefully. Many NWS employees are considered essential, so they will be working through the shutdown, but a number of services will be stopped until the shutdown ends. Hopefully, these folk will get…
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Southeast Farm Press posted a story this week about how a dry spell in fall benefited burley tobacco growers in Tennessee and Kentucky. The dry spell in September helped the tobacco dry down in the field, but by October, moister air helped them achieve the desired color. The absence of an early frost also helped…
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Eric Prostko of UGA has an interesting discussion about whether the presence of morning dew on plants affects the potency of herbicides in the Southeast Farm Press this week. He discusses the potential effects of the water on the leaf and positive and negative effects of that water on herbicide effectiveness. He also discusses weighing…
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The latest 7 day QPF map shows that almost all areas of the Southeast will receive less than half an inch this week. The only exceptions are parts of the Appalachian Mountains and a small area near Miami. Most of that will fall on Monday. This means we are unlikely to see an improvement in…
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The Livestock and Poultry Environmental Learning Center is hosting a webinar on Friday, January 26 at 2:30 pm EST on how livestock producers responded in 2017 to the many natural disasters that hit ths US. It will also talk about how to prepare for future disasters. You can learn more about it and find a…
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Here’s an interesting story from WFLA in Florida on the potential impact of Hurricane Irma on the next wildfire season in the Southeast. As you know, Irma downed many trees and dropped leaves across the region as it passed last fall. Now these stressed and dying trees and excess storm debris on the ground could…
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According to the global climate summary released yesterday by NOAA, 2017 was the third warmest year on record, and the warmest on record when you consider that the two years with higher temperatures were both El Nino years, when global temperatures are generally higher. NASA released their own numbers this week and they generally agree…