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There is a great new resource available for free describing the relationships between climate and crops. It is an iBook recently produced by the Alabama Cooperative Extension System at Auburn University. Here are some comments about it from their press release: Dr. John Beasley, head of Auburn University’s Department of Crop, Soil and Environmental Sciences,…
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If you’re wondering where the cold air is this time of year, you are not alone. A number of my friends have noted on Facebook how late the frost is to Minnesota and the upper Midwest this year and here in the Southeast we are later than normal as well. You can read about some…
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Have you enjoyed the view of the full moon that has occurred over the last two nights? Even with all of the smoke in the Southeast, the drought has kept skies reasonably clear and most folks have gotten a glimpse of how big it is, because it is on the nearest point of its orbit…
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AgWeb released a video story today about the impacts of flooding rain in Louisiana and North Carolina on this year’s sweet potato crops. In some areas of Louisiana, for example, some farmers lost 50 to 70 percent of their crop. In the north, losses ranged from 15 percent to 35 percent. You can read more and…
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Corey Davis of the State Climate Office of North Carolina continues his series of blog posts on weather patterns that might affect our winter conditions in the Southeast in his latest post this morning. La Niña will be one big influence on our upcoming winter, but there are other patterns in play too. You can…
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From my husband John Knox (also a meteorologist) who grew up in Birmingham AL, in a recent Facebook post, including photos from AL.com: “27 years ago Tuesday, a terrible tornado in Huntsville, Alabama. November is the time of a secondary peak in tornado activity in the Southeast, climatologically speaking. This is because the ingredients for…
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Several of my Facebook friends posted this MODIS satellite image of the smoke in northern Georgia today. Spectacular and troubling! All of the smoke from several fires is blending to create significant haze across the area. The smoke has caused problems with visibility on highways and respiratory issues for people with asthma and other lung…