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The latest 7-day QPF map shows that most of the Southeast will be dry again this week with a strong high pressure center over us. A front stalled across the Florida panhandle will bring rain to that area as well as along the coasts, and a tropical system may form along the front and increase…
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Here are a couple of new video series that you might enjoy watching related to climate and agriculture. The first is ABC News Food Forecast featuring Ginger Zee from Good Morning America (a former student of my husband) about how weather and climate impacts our food. You can see the list of videos at https://abc.go.com/shows/food-forecast/episode-guide.…
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The National Weather Service offices in Atlanta GA and Charleston SC have published short reports on the impacts of Hurricane Irma on their forecast areas. You can read the Charleston one at https://www.weather.gov/chs/TropicalStormIrma-Sep2017 and the Atlanta one at https://www.weather.gov/ffc/2017_Irma.
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Business Insider has a very good article describing the reason why this Atlantic tropical season has been so active and what it might mean for the rest of this season. The story looks at the lack of wind shear aloft which can “blow the top off” of developing storms, and the unusually warm ocean water…
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According to a press release from the Georgia Department of Insurance, property losses from insured homes and businesses due to Hurricane Irma is now greater than $300 million, based on over 50,000 claims that were submitted so far. The estimate to date is $336 million in total, according to the press release, which you can…
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The USDA Climate Hubs has just released their new website, which provides information on the individual hubs and activities related to climate and working lands across the US. They still have a few bugs to work out on the pages, but you can check out the national page at https://www.climatehubs.oce.usda.gov/ or go directly to the…
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Hurricanes Harvey and Irma did quite a bit of damage to cotton in the South. According to Growing Georgia here, cotton growers in Georgia sustained at least $100 million in damage from Irma, resulting in at least a 10 percent loss due to the storm, although amounts could go higher once the final tallies are…