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Business Insider had an interesting story earlier this year about how domestication changed five different popular foods from something barely recognizable to something delicious. Check it out and see what your favorite food looked like before scientists and farmers worked their magic at https://www.businessinsider.com/common-foods-before-and-after-domestication-2016-2.
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Rain of three inches or more is coming to parts of the Southeast over the next three days as a strong cold front approaches from the west and passes through the area. The heaviest rain will occur in Alabama and points west but most of the region should see at least an inch of rain…
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Yesterday I posted the latest seasonal outlook for winter for the US. One of the things it showed was the likely impact of the developing La Niña on this coming winter. But the Climate Prediction Center uses other things as well to make their predictions. Here at Climate.gov Tom DiLiberto discusses how trends are used…
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Since it looks like frost may be coming to parts of the Southeast in the next week, I want to provide you with some links to help you find current forecasts for frost. It looks like to me that we are likely to see our first scattered frost in northern Georgia next week Wednesday or…
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NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center came out with their latest outlook today. The outlook for November shows equal chances of above, near or below normal temperatures but drier than normal conditions are somewhat more likely. Since most of the next three weeks are expected to be colder than average it may mean they think a return…
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The latest damage estimates to Florida citrus show a higher impact on citrus production than originally thought. Market Intel reported this week that production of citrus there is the lowest in 70 years, due to a combination of lower consumer demand, citrus greening, and the significant impacts of Hurricane Irma. In fact, as more fruit…
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The latest Drought Monitor released this morning shows the development of an area of abnormally dry conditions across parts of Georgia and an expansion of conditions in Alabama, South Carolina and Virginia. Drought conditions in North Carolina remained status quo and no drought or dry conditions are currently seen in Florida. The Climate Prediction Center…
Posted in: Drought