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I was pleased to meet with the ANR extension agents in Southeast Georgia today in Brunswick and talk to them about sources of weather and climate information. I mentioned fact sheets on Southeast climate but did not provide the web link, so here it is: https://agroclimate.org/fact-sheets-climate.php. If you are interested in producing similar fact sheets for…
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The latest Drought Monitor shows that scattered showers reduced dry conditions in some areas of the Southeast, while others were unchanged. Extreme drought expanded into a small part of South Carolina. You can get the numbers at https://www.droughtmonitor/unl.edu.
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I am headed to Brunswick for an August 11 meeting with Extension agents from around southeast Georgia, and stopped tonight to take this picture of sunset over the coastal marshes near Darien, GA. You can see the shadows of thunderstorm towers (which are located to the west of where I was taking the picture) on…
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Today marks the 43rd day in a row of high temperatures in Athens GA that were at or above 90 F. This ties us with the all-time record set in 2011, based on records going back to about 1903 combined from the city and airport data. Will we break the record tomorrow? It will be…
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A recently-released study of sea level rise measured by satellite altimetry shows a troubling hint of an accelerating upward trend in the already rising sea levels which may mean that coastal areas could be swamped sooner and more frequently than was previously predicted. You can read the original paper in Nature‘s Scientific Reports at https://www.nature.com/articles/srep31245. The…
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My lasat weekly Saturday blog post said this would be a wetter week, and that some areas would get a ton of rain. So far, those predictions have not really materialized. Several people have asked me and other meteorologists, Why not? It’s worth looking at the weather to see where the forecast has fallen short.…
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HorseTalk posted a story this week about efforts underway to help horse owners in New Zealand adapt to changes in climate. According to the story, “Changes in climate can bring the increased risk of diseases on riding and training, land management challenges from increased drought and floods, and a further limited food supply, so preparing…