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This week many of us were a little surprised to hear that the National Hurricane Center determined that a big swirl that meteorologists noticed in the Atlantic Ocean in January had qualified as an official subtropical storm after examination of additional weather data tabulated after the storm dissipated. Since NHC counts subtropical storms as part…
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NOAA released their latest monthly climate summary for the globe as a whole today and it showed that the earth as a whole was the 4th warmest month ever. The Southern Hemisphere saw its warmest month on record and the global oceans reached a record high temperature for April. For the year to date, it…
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The latest ENSO outlook was released today by NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center. It shows that ENSO is likely to turn to El Nino in the May through July period and to persist through the winter. While there is still some uncertainty because of the spring predictability barrier, the forecasts show an 80 percent chance of…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released today, shows that there were only slight changes in drought this week. Abnormally dry (D0) conditions expanded in Virginia and extreme (D3) drought expanded slightly in Florida but other changes were small. Rain amounts this coming week are expected to be moderate in most areas so I don’t see any…
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Vegetable crops are harvested across the Southeast throughout the year. This time of year the production of cool-weather crops like broccoli is going full-speed. Here is a story from John Holcomb at the Farm Monitor describing how broccoli production is affected by soil moisture and heat stress. I was interested to read that monitoring soil…
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If you plant corn or work with farmers who do, you are probably well aware of the importance of watching soil temperatures before you plant. But if not, you might be interested in these Indiana PrairieFarmer stories that describe how soil temperature and moisture can affect corn germination and emergence. Farmers need to be aware…
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NOAA released their monthly climate statistics for the United States today. They showed that for most of our region, precipitation was wetter than normal, although some areas were near normal. The driest areas were southwest Georgia and northern Virginia. The temperature was mostly near or slightly above normal, but no records were set in the…
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