• While the official hurricane season is almost over, it’s not too late for a tropical storm to develop.  And today we have TS Otto in the Caribbean Sea, a newly formed storm which may become a hurricane before it makes landfall straight west in Central America.  You can read more about it at Weather Underground…

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  • While severe drought is affecting a lot of the Southeast, areas in Florida and South Carolina that got rain from the tropical storms this year are generally doing well, although yields have been reduced in some places.  The Packer noted here the pepper and green bean season may start low but that things should improve…

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  • On Monday November 28 I am going to be participating in a drought workshop in Carroll County on how to manage cattle in drought conditions.  If you are near there, you might want to take advantage of the opportunity.  I will be discussing the current drought conditions and the outlook for winter.  Details are below.…

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  • The National Weather Service in Peachtree City GA has a new Water Resource Outlook available on YouTube.  Unfortunately not a lot of good news on the drought.  You can watch and listen to it at  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObuBk70gicA&feature=youtu.be.

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  • Miami is one of the most vulnerable cities in the US to the effects of rising sea level, which is caused by a combination of warming ocean waters and melting land ice from Greenland, Antarctica and mountain glaciers.  One response that beachside communities do to maintain their waterfronts is to do beach replenishment by pumping…

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  • Is some rain in sight?

    The front passing through the Southeast this morning is dry and is bringing gusty winds to the area, increasing the potential for runaway fires and spreading the smoke from fires north of us back into the area.  The next five days should be quite dry, but as we get to the end of next week…

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  • NOAA released their latest set of outlook maps this week.  They continue to go with conditions that are consistent with La Niña for the next few months. In December, drier than normal conditions are expected to continue, while temperatures could be near, above or below normal.  For the winter, spring and summer temperatures continue to…

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