Pam Knox
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The amount and timing of rain we get this week depends largely on the track and speed of likely Tropical Storm Idalia, which is gathering strength today near the Yucutan Peninsula and the west coast of Cuba. It is not yet a tropical storm but is expected to be declared one in the next day…
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The latest 7-day precipitation outlook for Georgia shows that most areas of the state will get no rain at all in the next week. Any shower activity that occurs will be late in the week. This is due to a big area of high pressure that will dominate the weather pattern across the eastern 2/3rd…
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The latest 7-day QPF map shown below indicates that while most of Georgia will get some rain, amounts in northern counties will be quite light. The highest chance of rain in northern parts of Georgia this week will be today, Saturday, and then will diminish to near nothing by Monday. In the southern half of…
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Since we are entering the time when most of you are thinking about harvesting (and I know some are well along already, depending on location and variety), I will be posting a weekly outlook for rainfall each Saturday to give you an idea of what to expect. If you need more specific daily forecasts for…
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I received a request from Bill Cox to write something about frosts and freezes since it has been on the mind of a lot of growers this week due to our return to cold conditions after a very warm February. Here is some information I put together for the Garden Professors blog in fall 2022.…
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I’ve gotten a number of emails and phone calls asking about frost and freeze conditions for this weekend. I think it is likely that many of the northern counties in Georgia are going to see temperatures of 32 F or lower on Saturday and Sunday morning based on current forecast models. The freezing temperatures may…
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This week we will see a couple of rain-makers in the Southeast. Tropical Storm Zeta has formed in the Caribbean and is expected to move across the Southeast later this week. There will be some rain and gusty winds from that system as it moves through the area after making landfall in Louisiana. At the…
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This week should be mostly seasonal, with temperatures a little above normal and little rain across central and northern GA and the southern Appalachians this week, although rain chances will increase next weekend. However, the forecast models are showing a potentially big push of cold air moving into the region with a strong cold front…
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The remains of Delta should move out of Georgia and the southern Appalachians by Monday night into Tuesday morning. The rest of the week looks like it will be fairly warm but dry. A cold front moving through the region on Friday will return us to cooler conditions and a more seasonal pattern for mid…
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The next few days look like we will be under a dome of high pressure which will dominate our weather over most of the Southeast (except the Florida peninsula) through Thursday noon. I can’t rule out a possible shower around Tuesday, but it would be light and not likely. Sunshine and seasonal temperatures should prevail.…
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