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The Capital Weather Gang posted a new blog article this week describing the impacts of a warmer Arctic, as sea ice continues to disappear. One of the likely consequences of less sea ice is the development of a Greenland block, which is an atmospheric pattern that locks the circulation in place (similar to the Omega…
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The latest 7-day QPF map shows that most of the Southeast will get less than half an inch in the next week, with what little that comes falling later in the time period. This is likely to increase the area under moderate drought. We will see when the next drought map comes out on Thursday.
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While we’ve been relatively cool in the Southeast for the past few days as an upper level passed over us (and some snow was even seen in the mountains of Georgia and North Carolina), hot weather is dominating the central part of the United States and up into Canada. The map below shows the temperature…
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The Climate Learning Network sent out their May newsletter this morning and announced that their new web site has now officially launched. You can visit it at https://www.climatelearning.net/ to get news about climate and agriculture around the country, announcements of new resources and webinars, and other great information. Don’t forget to sign up for their newsletter…
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Columbia Metropolitan magazine posted a story recently on the importance of the timber industry to South Carolina. Did you know that timber is SC’s top crop? Forest product industries now have an estimated economic impact of more than $18 billion in the state, according to the South Carolina Forestry Commission, and the annual value of…
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I ran across some great resources on climate and agriculture from Iowa State’s Extension program. While some of them are specific to the Midwest and to corn production, most of them could be used in the Southeast as well. Check them out at https://store.extension.iastate.edu/Topic/Crops/Climate-and-Agriculture. Note that although it says “store” all of the items seem to…
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The latest Drought Monitor came out this morning and shows that the area experiencing moderate drought in the Southeast has almost tripled since last week. D1 now covers all of the northern counties of Georgia with a small excursion into Alabama, and all of western North Carolina is also designated D1 this week. Drought conditions…
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