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  • Could we get a subtropical storm in the Atlantic this week?

    Pam Knox

    January 8, 2016

    The National Hurricane Center is watching a swirl of clouds off the coast of North Carolina for signs of development.  It is currently an extratropical storm, but because it is over warm water it could develop some tropical characteristics and might gain enough strength to gain a name.  If it did, it would be called…

    Posted in: Climate and Ag in the news, Tropical weather
  • Cattle and dairy farming in the tropics (video)

    Pam Knox

    January 7, 2016

    I viewed an interesting video today about the challenges of managing cattle in the warm climate of the tropics.  The video is on YouTube here.  It is in Spanish but has subtitles.  It discusses heat stress and changes they have seen in climate over time and what they expect in the future and also talks…

    Posted in: Climate and Ag in the news, Livestock
  • NOAA: Record December boosted 2015 to 2nd warmest year for contiguous US

    Pam Knox

    January 7, 2016

    NOAA reported this morning that the record warmth in December helped make 2016 the second warmest year on record for the lower 48 states, with an average temperature of 54.4 F, compared to the record-setting year of 2012, which was 55.3 F.  Every state in the Southeast set a new statewide record for December temperature,…

    Posted in: Climate and Ag in the news, Climate summaries
  • SERCH: Climate vulnerabilities of loblolly pine–Temperature

    Pam Knox

    January 7, 2016

    The Southeast Regional Climate Hub has released a new blog post by John Hastings, NCSU, on the impacts of changing climate on loblolly pine in the Southeast.  This is the first of a two-part report on climate impacts on the most commercially important tree species in the region. You can read it at https://globalchange.ncsu.edu/serch/climate-vulnerabilities-of-loblolly-pine-part-i-temperature/.

    Posted in: Climate and Ag in the news, Forestry, Forests
  • NWS discussion on frost in central Florida

    Pam Knox

    January 6, 2016

    The NWS office in Tampa Bay, Florida, put out an interesting discussion on the potential for frost in central Florida over the next few weeks on Facebook today.  The page is shown below.  If those in central Florida are discussing the possibility of frost, areas that are farther north, including Georgia and Alabama,  should also…

    Posted in: Climate and Ag in the news, Crops
  • 2015 climate summary for North Carolina now available

    Pam Knox

    January 6, 2016

    The State Climate Office of North Carolina has released their summary of the 2015 climate in their state.  You can find it at https://climate.ncsu.edu/climateblog?id=171&h=5666e5c1.

    Posted in: Climate summaries
  • El Niño resources

    Pam Knox

    January 6, 2016

    If you are looking for ways to explain El Niño to producers or your parents or children, you might be interested in two recent resources on El Niño that I found online. The World Meteorological Organization has a simple 3-minute video tutorial which explains what El Niño is and how it affects global climate at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v92Iqihct98.…

    Posted in: Climate science, El Nino and La Nina
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The “Climate and Agriculture in the Southeast” blog is provided by the Associate Dean of Extension as a service to Extension agents and agricultural producers across the Southeast US. Come here to find out information about the impacts of weather and climate on agriculture across Georgia and beyond.

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