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The Center for Urban Agriculture published a list of upcoming events in their latest newsletter. You can read it at https://ugaurbanag.com/heads-green-industry/. It lists some upcoming meetings and conferences as well as certification opportunities. Check it out!
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Due to rain in the Southeast this week, drought decreased in area in the Carolinas and dry conditions also contracted in Georgia and were eliminated in Florida. But Alabama missed the most beneficial rains and drought conditions expanded there from 8 to 13 percent of the state. You can view your own area at https://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/Home.aspx.
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Growing Georgia had an interesting video this week on the current harvest of blueberries that is underway now in the southeast part of the state, centered on Alma. The featured grower noted that damage from wind and hail in a recent severe storm damaged about one percent of his crop due to blemished fruit. But…
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From time to time I get asked what you need to do to become a meteorologist. Not many people realize how much math there is in getting a degree in atmospheric science or a related program. Dr. Marshall Shepherd has a good description of what it takes to get a degree in meteorology in his…
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Just for fun, U. S. Tornadoes has an interesting post about the dates with the most and the fewest tornadoes in the United States. The day with the most? May 25 (today!). The date with the least: January 16. You can check out the statistics and see some maps of tornado tracks on the busiest…
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The National Hurricane Center put out a 5-day advisory for the east coast of the Southeast showing a small chance of tropical storm development in the 3-5 day period, which puts it smack in the middle of the holiday weekend. Weather Underground published a story about this yesterday at https://www.wunderground.com/news/atlantic-basin-tropical-subtropical-development-late-may-early-june-2016#prclt-U7RW1mcz. While this is not going to…
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The WunderBlog post for yesterday has a story about the incredibly early snow melt that occurred this year in Barrow, Alaska. This is usually one of the last places in the US to lose its snow cover. But this year, due to unrelenting heat, the snow cover disappeared on May 10, a full ten days…
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