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  • Climate change and its impacts on Quebec winemakers

    Pam Knox

    September 5, 2015

    I ran across this article today on the impacts of warming climate on the wine-making industry in Quebec, Canada.  It starts with one of the best lines I have ever read in a climate change article. “Crops are drying out, cattle are too hot to have sex, and the gelato industry is slowly melting away.…

    Posted in: Climate and Ag in the news, Crops
  • Weekly rain should be near normal across the Southeast

    Pam Knox

    September 5, 2015

    The latest 7 day QPF indicates that rains of about an inch should be common across the Southeast this coming week.  The heaviest rain should be in southern Florida, with close to two inches.  Lower amounts are expected in the drought-stricken area of central North and South Carolinas.

    Posted in: Climate outlooks
  • “Super El Nino Poised to Disrupt Weather Patterns”

    Pam Knox

    September 4, 2015

    David Zierden, the Florida State Climatologist, recently posted an update on El Nino on the SIFT blog.  You can read it at https://www.siftag.org/super-el-nino-poised-to-disrupt-weather-patterns/. Climate Central also published a video comparison of the 1997 and 2015 El Nino sea surface temperatures here.

    Posted in: Climate and Ag in the news, Climate outlooks
  • When does fall color reach its peak?

    Pam Knox

    September 4, 2015

    Now that it is September, people are starting to think about fall.  I frequently get asked when the peak color is going to occur.  Of course, conditions vary from year to year depending on the climate conditions each year, but there are a few sites that have really useful information to address this question. The…

    Posted in: Climate and Ag in the news, Climate science
  • New Nature study documents global increase in dry climates

    Pam Knox

    September 3, 2015

    A new study published in Nature magazine shows that dry climates across the world have increased.  They note that “About 5.7% of the global total land area has shifted toward warmer and drier climate types from 1950–2010, and significant changes include expansion of arid and high-latitude continental climate zones, shrinkage in polar and midlatitude continental…

    Posted in: Climate and Ag in the news, Climate science
  • Slight reduction in severe drought this week; more expected next week

    Pam Knox

    September 3, 2015

    The latest Drought Monitor was released today and shows that the areas of the highest category of drought were reduced this week due to increases in rain through the driest areas. Most of the improvements occurred before the passage of the remains of TS Erika, which occurred after the September 1 cut-off, so more improvements…

    Posted in: Drought
  • August 2015 was very wet in some areas but near normal in temperature

    Pam Knox

    September 2, 2015

    Precipitation across Georgia in August 2015 varied from over ten inches near the coast and in north central Georgia to less than 2 inc hes in the southwest corner of the state.  A few isolated areas received over 15 inches during the month, according to CoCoRaHS observers.  Temperatures were very close to normal across the state. The…

    Posted in: Climate summaries, Drought
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