A cold front which is moving through the lower Southeast is expected to slow down or stall over Florida, bringing rain to much of the peninsula as well as along the East Coast over the next week. Rainfall amounts in central Florida could reach 2.5 to 3 inches, with even…
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I will be participating in the netcast for WeatherBrains tonight, Monday July 28, to discuss this blog and the general topic of climate and agriculture. This live webcast, which is also archived as a podcast, is hosted by Dr. James Spann, a famous broadcast meteorologist from Birmingham AL, along with…
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Dr. Jeff Masters has a great article on the current quiet hurricane season comparing it to the record quiet season of 1914. Could it happen again this year? You can read the article by clicking here.
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AgWeb provided a great graphic showing that the progress of the corn crop this year is the best in ten years but slightly behind the record-setting crop of 2004. This can be attributed in part to the decrease in drought and excellent climate conditions across the Corn Belt this year…
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Satsumas are a newly popular citrus crop which is being planted in south Georgia in increasing numbers. Unlike other citrus trees, satsumas need some cold weather to become sweet, and do very well in the Zone 8b climate in south Georgia. Satsumas are similar to Cuties and are delicious and…
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If you are interested in reading about the weather and agriculture of the Great Plains, you might want to check out this new blog by Albert Sutherland. His first post is a story about a new climate tool which shows trends in temperature and precipitation over time, similar to the…
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The Sun-Sentinel reported this week that unusually strong bursts of Saharan dust are being blown off of Africa this year. This is similar to the pattern that caused lower hurricane activity than expected in last year’s hurricane season. In addition, cooler than normal temperatures in the Atlantic Ocean are also…
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