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Do you feel like the rain showers that are passing through the area are always missing you? One of the problems with summertime thunderstorms is that they are highly variable in space and time, hitting some areas repeatedly while missing others altogether. Over the long haul, the rainfall should distribute itself out, but on the…
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A story in the Southeast Farm Press this week discussed the Florida Cracker Cattle breed and how it is being used to preserve important wetlands and aquifer recharge areas of northern Florida. According to the article, “The Florida Cracker Cattle breed that graze his land descend from those first brought to the state in the…
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The latest outlook from the Climate Prediction Center show that for both September and for fall (September through November), warmer and drier than normal conditions are likely to continue in most of the Southeast. This could be good or bad news for farmers, since continued warm and dry conditions may make it difficult to grow…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released this morning, indicates an expansion of extreme drought in the Atlanta metro region, but otherwise slight decreases or no change in the Southeast. Cooler temperatures which are expected to return to the area this weekend should help reduce stress on plants and animals, but dry conditions are expected to continue…
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NOAA’s global climate report for July was released today and shows that, like NASA’s calculations released earlier this week, their values for the global temperature for July 2016 were the warmest on record for both July and for any month (not surprising since July is normally the warmest month of the year anyway). The land…
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If you live along the coast, you are probably painfully aware of the threat of rising sea levels and what it could do to your communities. Sea levels have been observed to rise in most places by several different independent data sources, including both surface-based gauges and satellite imagery. Sea level rise has also been…
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The tropics are starting to heat up with the development of Tropical Depression 6, which is expected to become TS Fiona within a few days. It won’t hit the Southeast in all probability, but the next storm might come a lot closer. Here are two web sites with helpful information on preparing for a tropical…