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The winter season (December through February) has just ended, and based on preliminary statistics, it looks like most of the Southeast was warmer than normal, although some areas in southern AL as well as in southwest GA and a lot of Florida were a little cooler than normal. Keep in mind that the current 1991-2020…
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The latest 7-day QPF map shows that most of the Southeast can expect to get rain throughout the week, resulting in some areas with 5 or more inches. Florida and a few parts of western Virginia are the only exceptions with amounts closer to an inch. There is an active system in the Gulf now…
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Since the 5th National Climate Assessment was published in November 2023, there have been a number of webinars and other activities that are centered on providing more information about the results of the latest assessment. Here is another event that you might be interested in. The State Climate Office of North Carolina will be hosting…
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While the weather lately has been fairly mild, there has been enough cold weather over the winter that most fruit trees have received sufficient chill hours to be ready to bloom once we get warm for long enough. In fact, some very early varieties have already started to blossom, according to reports from some South…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released this morning, shows that the sliver of moderate drought near Tampa has disappeared, but a new area of moderate (D1) drought has been introduced to eastern North Carolina, where conditions have slowly deteriorated over the last few weeks due to lack of rain and warm temperatures. Abnormally dry conditions expanded…
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You may have noticed in the news some recent stories about incredibly fast crossings of the Atlantic Ocean by passenger planes, such as this story from Business Insider. In addition to the speed of the airplane itself, the air that it was traveling in was moving at close to 200 miles per hour, one of…
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I received this message on the SmartIrrigation apps from Dr. George Vellidis of UGA at Tifton. If you are in Georgia and use the SmartIrrigation apps in your production, you will want to get the updated apps as discussed below. Note that only the Corn, Cotton, and Soybean apps are affected by this update at…
Posted in: Tools for climate and agriculture