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The latest QPF map shows that everywhere in the Southeast should get some rain this week. The heaviest rain should be in northern AL and GA. This is good news for some farmers in that region who have experienced mostly dry conditions in the past week, leading to problems with some crops. Florida got quite…
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The final Colorado State University hurricane forecast for this year’s Atlantic season was issued this week. It shows a continuation of expected above average numbers, really not much change from their earlier season forecast. Warm water in the Atlantic has passed the 80 F threshold needed for storms to form in many parts of the…
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Weather Underground posted a story earlier this week noting that over 130 cities around the US were on pace to set new records for high annual temperature based on the January to July period. In addition, another 99 cities are on pace to have their second or third warmest year. Many of these cities are…
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As part of my new funding from the Southeast Regional Climate Hub, I am looking for projects that relate weather and climate variability to the production and management of crops grown in the Southeast. That could range from grains to fruit to forage and could include both larger commodity crops like corn and specialty crops…
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Food and Wine reported this week on a new study by Harvard’s School of Public Health which looked at the nutritional content of crops eaten around the world under higher concentrations of carbon dioxide, which is increasing in the atmosphere. The study showed that as carbon dioxide continues to increase, the nutritional content of many…
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Did you know that an eclipse that passed through the Southeast in 1900 helped scientists understand how weather is affected by the blocking of sunlight during the eclipse? Here is a great story about how they picked the spot to observe it and what they found from the National Centers for Environmental Information: https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/news/1900-total-solar-eclipse.
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The latest Drought Monitor map shows that due to extremely dry conditions along the Piedmont and surrounding regions in Virginia, North Carolina and far northeast South Carolina, abnormally dry conditions have expanded. The rest of the Southeast has received abundant rain and no dry conditions are present.
Posted in: Drought