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The NWS Southeast River Forecast Center has posted their latest water resources outlook video on YouTube. You can watch it and see more about La Niña at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSfeomU2_SA&feature=youtu.be.
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NOAA and NASA have been trying for several days to launch their new joint satellite, the JPSS, but have been stymied by bad launch weather. Early this morning the bird finally flew and is headed to a polar orbit that will cover the globe twice each 24 hours. You can read more about how scientists…
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A cold front moving through the Southeast on Saturday into Sunday will bring some showers to the region, followed by mostly dry conditions. The front will stall out over the Florida peninsula, which will allow the development of more rain there for most of the week. Temperatures will be on the cool side north of…
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Here’s a new toy you can play with to see how agricultural losses as measured by crop insurance claims vary from year to year and state to state. It’s an interactive map viewer by the USDA Southwest Climate Hub, and allows you to dig down to the county level to see variations by crop as…
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The Tampa Bay Times reported this week that losses due to the destruction of Hurricane Irma on Florida agriculture are increasing as the harvest advances. The biggest loser may be the citrus industry, which continues to see more losses as damage to the fruit from the winds comes to light. The losses to citrus alone…
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In spite of the damage caused by Hurricane Irma, UGA Extension Pecan Specialist Lenny Wells thinks that the final tally in pecan yields this year will be very good. Pecan harvest has been running about ten days ahead of usual due to weather conditions earlier this year, and harvest should be completed by early December.…
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The State Climate Office of North Carolina has issued their guidance on what to expect this weather in NC. They provide a discussion of the current La Niña forecast and some other climate variables that may play a role as well as a list of several analog years similar to this year’s conditions. While the…
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