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A slow-moving weather system should bring abundant rain to a lot of the driest part of the Southeast in the next few days. Rain is already entering Alabama this Saturday morning. The bulk of the next 7 days’ rain should fall by Monday, with only light amounts the rest of the week. By the end…
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The WunderBlog posted a story yesterday describing the large number of record fall temperatures for cities across the US this year. A number of them are in the Southeast, particularly in the areas most affected by drought. You can read it here.
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The climate summary for Florida for November 2016 is now available online. You can read it at https://climatecenter.fsu.edu/products-services/summaries?id=503.
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Above-normal temperatures were once again the story in most of Georgia in November. The only areas that were cooler than average were the wettest areas from previous months, since the sun’s energy was directed into evaporating soil moisture rather than raising temperatures. In contrast to previous months, the driest part of the state was the…
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Here is a nice snapshot summary of how agriculture impacts climate and how farmers are working to improve agricultural management practices to lead the way towards an improved future from Environment Reports. This one should be viewable from a smartphone. You can view it at https://www.environmentreports.com/how-does-agriculture-change/.
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The rampant wildfires that have been affecting the Southeast over the last month have caused a lot of heartache. Certainly some of the blame for the wildfires can be put on the exceptional drought that is occurring over the region (which may in turn be partly linked to the weak La Niña occurring now), and…
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The new outlook for December was released by the Climate Prediction Center yesterday. It shows that December has equal chances of being near normal, above or below normal except for southern Florida where there is an edge to above-normal temperatures. The lack of a strong signal is due to the expected cold outbreak that should…
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