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  • “Record temps deliver seasonal crops sooner”

    Pam Knox

    March 30, 2017

    The Atlanta Journal-Constitution noted this morning that a variety of local spring crops are making an early appearance in stores this year due to the extremely warm winter and spring we have been having.  In addition to local strawberries, asparagus, onions and pea shoots are all available in markets around the area.  They are showing…

    Posted in: Climate and Ag in the news, Crops, Fruit
  • Frost damage to wheat in North Carolina

    Pam Knox

    March 29, 2017

    The Southeast Farm Press published a couple of stories today about frost damage the mid-March frost on the wheat crop in North Carolina.  According to the story here, wheat in the eastern part of the state survived very well, but fields in the Piedmont were almost a total loss. You can also see some pictures…

    Posted in: Climate and Ag in the news, Crops
  • Video: World Meteorological Organization–“Understanding Clouds”

    Pam Knox

    March 28, 2017

    I am a sucker for time lapse videos of clouds.  The World Meteorological Organization has a new one called “Understanding Clouds” with some spectacular footage of clouds.  I think the title of the video is a big misleading because the clouds are just shown with dramatic music rather than an explanation of how clouds are…

    Posted in: Interesting weather images
  • “Australia braces itself for a ‘monster’ “

    Pam Knox

    March 27, 2017

    As I write this, Hurricane Debbie is hitting the northeast coast of Australia.  While it’s not the strongest hurricane to hit the country, it is still packing a punch.  Newser has a story with links to other feeds about the storm as it comes onshore.  One of the biggest impacts is expected to be the…

    Posted in: Climate and Ag in the news, Tropical weather
  • Science materials for parents and teachers

    Pam Knox

    March 27, 2017

    One of my Facebook groups just put together a list of science books that can serve as resources for parents and teachers, and maybe 4-H agents and others interested in reading more about science. It is divided by age group and science subject and includes quite a few resources on earth science.  Not too much…

    Posted in: Extension agent outreach, Sources of weather and climate data
  • “A Brief History of Broadcast Meteorology: From the Past to the Future”

    Pam Knox

    March 27, 2017

    Tom Moore, formerly of the Weather Channel and now an associate for iWeatherNet.com, has an interesting piece today on the history of weather broadcasting from its earliest inception on television to what it looks like for the future.  You can read it at https://www.iweathernet.com/educational/history-broadcast-meteorology.

    Posted in: Climate and Ag in the news, History
  • Active severe weather season likely to continue due to “freakishly warm” Gulf water

    Pam Knox

    March 27, 2017

    The WunderBlog noted last week that we are off to a very active severe weather season this year, the most active start since 2008.  We have seen some of the impacts of the season in the Southeast, with two large severe weather outbreaks in January this year.  The central part of the US is likely…

    Posted in: Climate and Ag in the news, Severe
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