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  • How will the eclipse change the weather around the US?

    Pam Knox

    August 20, 2017

    Dr. Cliff Mass of the University of Washington has a nice discussion of how the weather conditions across the United States are expected to change as the sun goes dark tomorrow with the solar eclipse.  In the Southeast, temperatures could drop by more than 10 degrees in some areas near totality. You can read about…

    Posted in: Climate and Ag in the news, Events
  • “Does Rain Increase Joint Pain? Researchers Say No”

    Pam Knox

    August 20, 2017

    I’ve heard stories from folks from time to time about how their aches and pains and headaches are correlated with a variety of weather conditions.  Maybe you have too.  But a recent research report published earlier this month, there is very little physical evidence to prove it. The researchers found that Google searches related to…

    Posted in: Climate and Ag in the news, Health
  • “Massive El Niño sent carbon dioxide levels soaring”

    Pam Knox

    August 19, 2017

    According to an article recently published in Nature magazine, the last very large El Nino created a surge in carbon dioxide in the global atmosphere which added to amounts already being added by manmade pollution.  According to the article, “Measurements taken by NASA’s Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 (OCO-2) satellite, which measures the level of carbon dioxide…

    Posted in: El Nino and La Nina, Forests
  • Variable rainfall across the Southeast this week

    Pam Knox

    August 19, 2017

    The latest 7-day QPF map shows that inland areas of the Southeast should receive below normal rainfall this week while coastal areas, especially in Florida, receive more.  A pesky front will move slowly back and forth across the area, bringing rain to the areas near the frontal convergence while leaving others dry.  Even with less…

    Posted in: Climate outlooks
  • Eclipse traffic is already affecting dairy producers in Oregon and Idaho

    Pam Knox

    August 18, 2017

    Traffic in advance of Monday’s total solar eclipse is already causing blockages of some roads leading into and out of the region of totality. Dairy farmers there depend on regular movement of trucks into and out of the area to bring in feed and take away milk, so they have been concerned about how the…

    Posted in: Climate and Ag in the news, Events, Livestock
  • Irrigated corn does less well in this wet year in Georgia

    Pam Knox

    August 18, 2017

    Clint Thompson of the University of Georgia pointed out in a recent article in Growing Georgia that irrigated corn has done less well this year in terms of expected yield than dryland corn. The combination of conditions that may be too wet for corn coupled with the lack of sunlight due to the cloud and…

    Posted in: Climate and Ag in the news, Crops
  • NOAA: Globe had 2nd warmest July and year to date on record

    Pam Knox

    August 17, 2017

    NOAA released their latest global climate summary today for July 2017. Their analysis shows that for the earth as a whole, it was the 2nd warmest July on record just barely behind 2016 by 0.09 degrees F since records began in 1880. The total for the year to date from January to July was also…

    Posted in: Climate and Ag in the news, Climate summaries, Uncategorized
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The “Climate and Agriculture in the Southeast” blog is provided by the Associate Dean of Extension as a service to Extension agents and agricultural producers across the Southeast US. Come here to find out information about the impacts of weather and climate on agriculture across Georgia and beyond.

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