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In the past I have watched and enjoyed the reality television show “Deadliest Catch”, which shows the life of Alaskan crab fishermen competing to get the most crabs in the limited harvest season. But in recent years, the ships have been forced to move farther north into more dangerous waters farther from their home harbors…
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I received word this week that some funding to support this blog has been awarded by the Southeast Regional Climate Hub (USDA) which will keep things running for the next year. We appreciate it! If you are interested in learning more about what they do, check out their web page at https://globalchange.ncsu.edu/serch/.
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With the return of drought conditions to parts of the Southeast, the number of wildfires is on the rise, especially in Florida. The fires are particularly bad in the southern part of the Florida peninsula where the drought is growing, but the fires are being seen in other parts of Florida as well as some…
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We’re almost halfway through April so let’s take a look at the monthly climate so far. The temperature departure maps shows that once again, the region is all warmer than normal, which has been the case for almost everywhere for the last 15 months or so. Rainfall has been above normal in many places but…
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It’s almost too late in the year for this to apply to most of the Southeast, but I thought this blog post by Cliff Mass of Washington State was a good discussion of why cars and other surfaces can accumulate frost even if the air temperature is above freezing. The same physical principles apply in…
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The latest Drought Monitor shows that while drought has reduced slightly in northern areas of the Southeast, moderate drought has been introduced to some coastal areas of Georgia and severe drought has expanded in Florida. The heavy rain that was received in last week’s strong storms covered most of the region but weakened significantly before…
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AgWeb posted an article this past week which provides an overview of the strange weather that has been observed in many places around the US, including the mid-March freezes in the Southeast, torrential rains in California, and record-setting tornado occurrences so far this spring. You can read more about it here.
Posted in: Climate and Ag in the news