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AgWeb had an interesting story this week about how cattle producers have been affected by the large number of forest fires that have occurred there this year due to the drought. The fires have destroyed large numbers of acres that were devoted to forest grazing, increasing the need for ranchers to find other sources of…
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I love to look at nature photography, and today I found two stories on fantastic photographers who make images of snowflakes and waves. Here are links below to the stories along with some striking pictures of snowflakes up close and ocean waves. The snowflake story also has a link to a “how-to” report on making…
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The Capital Weather Gang blog noted today that the fall-blooming cherry blossoms in Washington DC are still going strong after a very warm fall and early winter. Apparently there are a number of trees that have a second blooming season in autumn after the leaves have fallen off the trees. While it’s not as spectacular as…
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This weekend should be dry for most of the Southeast, but rain returns with a strong front on Sunday night into Monday, and rain will continue for most of the week. The 7-day QPF shows that most of the Southeast will receive an inch or more. Only the southern half of the Florida peninsula will…
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My Facebook feed this week has been abuzz with a recent photo of Kelvin-Helmholtz waves taken by Brad Peterson in Utah earlier this week. K-H waves are caused by rolls of turbulence between two smoothly flowing layers of air and were named for scientists Lord Kelvin and Hermann von Helmholtz. Over time the waves grow…
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The heavy rains that fell in southern Florida this past week wiped out the last remaining pocket of moderate drought in the Southeast as well as put a dent in the areas of abnormally dry conditions. Hard to believe that just three months ago more than half the region was abnormally dry or worse, and…
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There has been a lot of discussion in the news lately about differences in temperature trends between surface temperatures measured by thermometers and satellite-based temperatures measured by sensing radiation from space. A lot of climate skeptics talk about adjustments made to the surface temperatures, but may not realize that satellite temperatures are also adjusted to…