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Today marks the anniversary of one of the Southeast’s biggest tornado outbreaks in history. From This Day in Weather History’s Facebook post: “Severe thunderstorms spawned sixty tornadoes in the southeastern U.S., killing between 178 and 1200 people and causing three million dollars damage. Georgia and the Carolinas were the hardest hit by the tornado…
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Weather Underground posted a story today describing some of the non-precipitation things that have shown up on National Weather Service radars across the nation. I’ve shared some of them before but you might be interested in seeing the full list. You can see images and access the information at https://www.wunderground.com/news/radar-gaggle-geese-arkansas-iss?__prclt=FNouhSlu.
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For those of you who are trying to find climate data and can’t get a hold of me, NOAA has put together a handy web page which tells you how you can search through their multitude of data sets to find what you need. You can read about the process and visit the starting page…
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The latest 7-day QPF forecast shows that most areas of the Southeast will receive less than half an inch of rain this week. The driest areas will be in eastern North Carolina, where abnormally dry conditions were identified in the Drought Monitor this week, and could signal the beginnings of a drought there. The wettest…
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With milder winters occurring in the last few years, there is a renewed interest in growing citrus in northern Florida and even up into Georgia. In the last few years I have worked with some farmers starting to grow satsumas in southwest Georgia. Once the trees are established, they can take temperatures down as low…
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The Southeast Farm Press reported this week that long-standing research in North Carolina shows corn and soybean yields in the Blacklands can be increased by 10 percent on average if control drainage systems are in place to manage water. These systems not only get excess rainfall off of the fields quickly but also have the…
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The Climate Prediction Center has released their latest outlooks for the next year, and the outlooks show an expectation that above-normal temperatures are likely to continue for most of the next year. This is based on the trend toward warmer temperatures which has been observed in the US since the 1970s. The March outlook shows…
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