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Earlier this week, NOAA released their climate summary for 2023. It shows that the United States had a record number of billion-dollar disasters in 2023, including nine atmospheric river events in California, the wildfire in Maui, Hurricane Idalia, and droughts across the Mississippi Valley and other locations. You can read the NOAA News article at…
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I have heard a lot of stories about people and businesses that have been affected by flooding after this week’s heavy rain. The Washington Post published a story in late December about the move by a number of states to require sellers to disclose more than just the FEMA flood plain designation for their properties.…
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If you are interested in North Carolina, you may want to sign up for their annual webinar discussing the climate of 2023. You can register for the webinar at https://ncsu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIrf-6grD0sGNfQsjud6ICxS-KJAdr5nfWk#/registration. You can also read their December climate summary at https://climate.ncsu.edu/blog/2024/01/winter-gets-a-warm-wet-start-in-december/. Eventually a summary of the Year in Review will also appear on their climate blog.
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Many areas of the Southeast received very heavy rain in the storm earlier this week. In Georgia, I have heard reports of up to 7 inches or even more in a few isolated locations. Since there is not much growing right now, that heavy rain has likely caused problems on some farm fields with erosion…
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The forecast for the Southeast this week shows that a strong low pressure area will bring heavy rain (up to several inches) to a lot of the region starting on Monday night and going into Wednesday in the northeastern part of the region as the storm moves out. On Tuesday a cold front will bring…
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Here is a new app that is available to growers across the United States to help manage insect pests and diseases in a variety of crops. According to their website, “MyIPM has you covered to control and manage diseases and pests in your crops.” Many of the contributors to the development of the app are…
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The latest 7-day QPF map shows a lot of rain across the region this coming week. The largest slug of moisture will come in the next three days with a big storm moving through the region. We can expect some severe weather, especially in southern AL and GA and in Florida, along with several inches…
Posted in: Climate outlooks