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The Capital Weather Gang has posted a great story about the eruption of Mount Tambora in Indonesia in 1816, 200 years ago this summer. The sulfuric acid emissions from this eruption helped contribute to some of the coldest temperatures we have seen in the Northern Hemisphere in modern times, due to the reflection of sunlight…
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This week’s rainfall should be moderate for most parts of the Southeast. The best chances for rain are later in the week for most of the region. The heaviest amounts will be along the Gulf Coast and along the west coast of the Florida peninsula. Temperatures early in the week should be well above average…
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For those of you wondering how to know when to expect high levels of heat stress on livestock, the USDA has a great web site which contains daily heat stress maps for the US for up to a week ahead. Today’s forecast for Monday June 13 shows high levels of heat in a large area of…
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In my previous post I discussed the impacts of high heat on outdoor workers. Another source of stress is poor air quality, which can be either from high particulate levels or from corrosive ground-level ozone. Both of these can put stress on breathing in vulnerable populations. You can get air quality information from the Environmental…
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It’s a hot one out there today! If you have livestock, you may be concerned with the impacts of heat stress on your animals. But you also need to be concerned with the impacts of the hot conditions on your workers. Milk Business provided a timely article this week on the requirements for keeping workers…
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AgWeb posted an article this week about the wettest areas of Texas, where some stations have received over 100 inches of rain in 15 months. This just a few years after a devastating drought in that region. You can read a description of where the heaviest rain fell here. Fortunately, while heavy rains this spring…
