Pam Knox
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This looks like a pretty dry week for most of Georgia after some rain coming through this weekend. By Monday, all rain should have left the state except for right along the coast, and it will remain dry until Thursday. Showers may return late in the week as a coastal low pressure center starts to…
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The latest 7-day rainfall forecast shows that most of the state will receive scattered showers and thunderstorms for the first few days of the week with dry conditions returning late in the week. Areas closest to Alabama are the least likely to see rain, while areas in the NE mountains are more likely to see…
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After an exciting week with the passage of Hurricane Idalia across southeastern Georgia, we can expect a much quieter week ahead. The weekend will be almost perfect, with no rain and cooler and less humid conditions. The temperature and humidity will start to increase again during the week but there is no rain forecast in…
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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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