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  • Very wet and warm conditions across Georgia in November 2015

    Pam Knox

    December 2, 2015

    Rainfall across Georgia in November was wetter than average for most of the state, with the exception of the southeast portion of the state.  Some areas in the mountains received more than ten inches above normal precipitation, hindering farmers who are wrapping up the harvest season and preparing for winter.  Temperatures in Georgia were several…

    Posted in: Climate summaries
  • Changes in climate affect soil composition, agricultural infrastructure

    Pam Knox

    December 2, 2015

    One of the consequences of changes in climate such as drought is an impact on the soil structure and the agricultural infrastructure on which it sits.  The Guardian posted an article a few days ago describing the impacts of continued massive pumping of groundwater in California on the surface topography, where land is sinking at…

    Posted in: Climate and Ag in the news, Drought, Uncategorized
  • New SERCH newsletter available

    Pam Knox

    December 2, 2015

    The Southeast Regional Climate Hub’s latest newsletter is now available here.  It includes a number of meeting announcements, updates, and short articles, including one on managing swine in an El Niño year.  Check it out!

    Posted in: Climate and Ag in the news, Livestock
  • Florida climate summary now available

    Pam Knox

    December 1, 2015

    The November 2015 issue of the Florida climate summary is now available at https://climatecenter.fsu.edu/products-services/summaries/climate-summary-for-florida-november-2015.

    Posted in: Climate summaries
  • “A Warm, Wet November Concludes NC’s Wettest Fall”

    Pam Knox

    December 1, 2015

    The State Climate Office of North Carolina has released their monthly and seasonal climate summary for North Carolina for November 2015.  You can read it at https://climate.ncsu.edu/climateblog?id=167&h=5666e5c1.

    Posted in: Climate summaries
  • 2015 Atlantic hurricane season summary from NHC

    Pam Knox

    December 1, 2015

    From the National Hurricane Center Facebook page this morning: “Here’s the preliminary track map of the tropical cyclones that occurred over the Atlantic basin in 2015. There were 11 named storms formed, four became hurricanes, and two of those reached major hurricane status. There was also one unnamed tropical depression. While the number of named…

    Posted in: Climate and Ag in the news, Climate summaries, Tropical weather
  • Where do cloud names come from?

    Pam Knox

    December 1, 2015

    Steve Hilberg has an interesting post on the CoCoRaHS blog this week about the history of how clouds acquired their names (like cirrus, cumulus, etc.) and the man that classified them.  You can read it here. If you like pictures of clouds, you can find many at the Cloud Appreciation Society website, https://cloudappreciationsociety.org/.

    Posted in: Climate and Ag in the news, Climate science
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