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If you’re tired of hot summer weather, you might enjoy a chance to think about cool winters. North Georgia Weather published a blog article on the relationship between ENSO phase and the likelihood of getting a cold winter in the Southeast back in September 2015. You can read it at https://www.northgeorgiawx.com/weather-blog/category/el-nino. The statistics show that about…
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I got a request from one of the Georgia extension agents for some average evapotranspiration data. You might be asked about this too, so I thought I would post the information here. I found these curves for some Georgia locations from a paper published by Suleiman and Hoogenboom in the Journal of Irrigation and Drainage…
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The US Climate Resilience Toolkit has a website that allows you to look at past and projected future climate trends for different climate scenarios. They introduced it at a media event this week. You can visit it at https://toolkit.climate.gov/climate-explorer2/. I am still learning how it works, but there seems to be a lot of useful information…
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USDA’s Southern Region Station posted an article recently describing changes that are likely to occur in water yield and forest productivity in a warmer climate. You can read it at https://www.srs.fs.usda.gov/compass/2016/07/26/watersheds-of-the-future-could-mirror-a-variable-climate/. While large changes in water yield from forests are expected in parts of the US, especially in the West, the Southeast shows relatively small changes…
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In view of the heat that is blanketing much of the US this week, Modern Farmer published a list of five methods that you can use to keep animals cool. And don’t forget, if they have light skin and little hair, they can get sunburned too. You can read the story here.
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Weather Underground reported yesterday that record high temperatures in the United States are outnumbering record low temperatures by a 4 to 1 margin this year. According to their story, “As of July 24, there have been 34,289 daily high and warm daily low temperature records tied or broken so far this year, according to data…
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As expected, the new Drought Monitor this morning shows a small expansion of extreme drought in northwestern Georgia and northern Alabama. Abnormally dry conditions also appeared in northern Virginia and the east coast of Florida this week. Since temperatures continue to be hot and precipitation below normal, this is likely to expand again in next…
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