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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…
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Jim Angel, the Illinois State Climatologist, has a short summary of climate conditions across the US so far this month that you might find informative. It shows that for most of the country including the Southeast, temperatures have been above normal and precipitation very low compared to average. You can find it at https://climateillinois.wordpress.com/2016/11/14/november-warm-and-dry-across-us/ .
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Clint Thompson of the University of Georgia wrote an article last week discussing Georgia’s current drought and the outlook for this winter and next year. It quotes heavily from me but also provides insight from other UGA extension specialists and agents. Here is the article as printed in Growing Georgia today.
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The State Climate Office of North Carolina is offering a three-part series on the outlook for the upcoming winter. This week’s post is on forecasts based on folklore like woolly worm caterpillars and the two Farmers’ Almanacs. You can read it at https://climate.ncsu.edu/climateblog?id=219&h=5666e5c1.