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With almost half the year gone, it is a good time to look ahead to what is likely to happen the rest of this year and in 2017 based on the current climate pattern. While this outlook is specific to Georgia, most of the information is generally applicable to the entire Southeast. This year began…
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The Capital Weather Gang posted a very interesting story this week about one impact of the mild winter on forests in New England. The lack of really cold conditions (due in part to the strong El Niño that just ended) allowed millions of gypsy moth eggs to survive. When spring arrived, they hatched and infested…
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Weather Underground’s latest blog post describes NOAA’s recent infographic, which shows the highest 24-hour rainfall amounts in each state. You can read more about it here. As you might expect, the Southeast has the highest record amounts because the heaviest rain is generally associated with tropical storms or hurricanes coming onshore and dumping prodigious quantities of…
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Dairy Herd Management has one of the best discussions I have seen about the end of the current El Niño and what is likely to happen with the coming La Niña. It’s written in a general way, not geared to livestock, so crop producers and foresters should read it too. Here’s the link. Unlike El…
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AccuWeather put together a nice summary of indicators of changing climate in their post today at https://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-blogs/climatechange/update-on-climate-change-indic/58459419. This article pulls together graphs of changes in Arctic and Antarctic sea ice, carbon dioxide measurements, and global temperature and presents them in a straightforward way with just a little commentary for context.
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The latest Southeast River Forecast Center outlook for water resources in the Southeast is now available. You can find it at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SAWny6QwQ0&feature=youtu.be.
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The Washington Post had an article this week about the “Holy Oak” located in Basking Ridge, NJ, which is estimated to be over 600 years old. It is the oldest white oak in the US and possibly the world. The tree is slowly dying, and the residents are mourning the loss of a tree with…