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The American Geosciences Institute has an interesting map of drought risk available at https://www.americangeosciences.org/critical-issues/maps/drought-atlas. It shows a variety of parameters which are related to drought, including rainfall, stream flow and the Drought Monitor map. It also allows you to compare current droughts to previous ones. Check it out! (Note that the image below is not…
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The Southeast Regional Climate Center has released their latest 3-month seasonal climate summary and outlook for June through August 2017. It includes a look back at the major impacts of this summer’s weather and a look ahead to fall in just two pages. You can read it at https://www.drought.gov/drought/documents/quarterly-climate-impacts-and-outlook-southeast-region-september-2017.
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If you grow specialty crops in the Southeast, you may be interested in this pair of studies which look at the vulnerability of specialty crops in California and in the Midwestern US to changes in climate that are expected to occur over the next fifty years, including changes in the temperatures and growing seasons as…
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Puerto Rico experienced the destruction of not one but two tropical storms so far this season. First, Tropical Storm Irma gave a glancing blow to the territory as it traveled north of the island, providing winds and flooding rain to the area. Then came the direct and far more devastating blow from Hurricane Maria, which…
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The USDA Southwest Regional Climate Hub’s recent newsletter noted an online article that may be of use to some of you in looking ahead to planning for the future. This is especially important if you are considering purchasing land or switching to new crops which may respond differently to climate than what you are growing…
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Meteorologists and climatologists as well as folks living along the coast and agricultural producers across the Southeast have been watching the current Atlantic tropical storm season with interest, concern and even horror as the storms moved towards and then across the region, causing tremendous devastation. We are still learning about all of the impacts that…
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Outside magazine has an excellent article describing the causes of the forest fires which are currently covering wide swaths of the western United States. The biggest culprit is the continuing drought which has affected parts of the region this year. The wet winter may have also been a factor, since it allowed the regrowth of…