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With our rain chances on the rise for the next few days, you might have heard your local forecaster talk about the probability of precipitation or PoP. But what does a 40% chance of rain really mean? It turns out that not even meteorologists agree on a definition. Check out Dr. Marshall Shepherd’s blog from…
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Even though it’s been nice and warm in much of the Southeast so far this fall, colder weather is on the way. The National Weather Service is holding Winter Weather Preparedness Week on November 30-December 4 to help residents prepare for the winter storms that may come later this cold season. You can visit https://www.srh.noaa.gov/ffc/?n=wwpw2015 to…
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In the latest blog entry from NOAA’s Beyond the Data, Deke Arndt discusses the interesting fact that cold “things” such as observations like morning minimum temperatures, Arctic climate conditions, and winters have steeper trends towards warm conditions than warmer locations or seasons. To find out why, you can read his post at https://www.climate.gov/news-features/blogs/beyond-data/climate-change-rule-thumb-cold-things-warming-faster-warm-things.
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I’ve seen quite a few pictures this weekend on my friends’ Facebook accounts showing them decorating Christmas trees for the season. Although I suspect most of them are using artificial trees so far ahead of Christmas, plenty of people still like the smell and look of a live tree in their homes. Here are two…
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Now that you’ve cleaned up the leftovers and gotten your Black Friday shopping done (if you’ve even started), you might have time to enjoy a bit of reading before returning to work on Monday. The New Yorker magazine published this list of the ten best weather events in fiction that you might enjoy. Happy reading!…
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A recent study by USDA scientists in Tifton, GA shows that strip tillage and cover crops are important practices for reducing erosion from sandy soils in the Southeastern United States and for enhancing soil quality. For example, use of cover crops mean crop residues remain on the surface, providing protection from water and wind erosion.…
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With widespread frost expected across northern and central Alabama, Georgia and points farther east and the cold winter season upon us, you might find this blog post from the National Forests blog on myths about cold weather interesting. For example, did you know that you do not lose most of your heat from the top…