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With a half-day to go, the November regional maps for 2017 show that temperatures in the eastern half of the region were generally below normal and areas in the western half were generally above normal, while precipitation across almost all of the area was drier than usual. The only exceptions were two thin strips of…
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The latest Drought Monitor released this morning indicates that moderate drought is continuing to expand through the Southeast. Since most places received little to no rain in the last seven days, this is not a big surprise. For the next week, the Florida peninsula is expected to receive no rain at all, but most other…
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Clint Thompson of UGA reported on Georgia peach farmers’ hopes that this winter will provide more chill hours for their trees than the last two winters. Last year in particular was particularly devastating for peaches with consistently above-normal temperatures leading to less than half the usual number of chill hours, followed by the mid-March frost…
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The latest image from the Climate Reanalyzer shows that parts of the Arctic are a staggering 54 F above normal in temperature this week. I’m sure this is due in part to the absence of sea ice across parts of the Arctic Ocean and is also in part due to the highly wavy nature of…
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Here’s a very interesting video from NASA Goddard on how satellites have changed our views of the earth and some of the things we have learned about our planet from viewing it from space. You can view it on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3oIcJBiynvw&feature=share.
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If you’ve ever looked for weather or climate data, you may feel a bit lost. There are a lot of places to get it if you know the secrets, but not all of them are equally easy to use. I have previously posted a list of sites at https://site.extension.uga.edu/climate/2014/09/list-of-web-sites-with-weather-and-climate-data-for-georgia-and-beyond/. But NOAA has a nice new site…
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What to do when your citrus grove is devastated by citrus greening? One citrus grove owner in Palm City, FL, found an alternate use for his land. The owner was originally going to turn the land into “ranchettes” but an offer from the Florida Department of Environmental Protection encouraged them to instead turn it into…