Weather
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Just outside of Athens, the earliest bud breaker at the Horticulture Research Farm, Lomanto, has broken bud. This is about a week earlier than usual where our last spring frost is often in mid April. While the start of a new season is always exciting, we are also at risk for damage from spring frosts…
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Here is another source of hourly weather forecasts for up to 6 days ahead from the National Weather Service. These hourly forecasts are something that you might find useful in planning your work week as well as watching for the possibility of frost next week. You can use your local television forecast or a smartphone…
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We are now entering the time of year when we start to get fronts moving through Georgia. Ahead of the cold front our air gets warmer and moister and rain is likely to fall as the front approaches. After the cold front passes, we see colder temperatures and more sunshine. We are going to see…
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The forecast for the next week across most of Georgia shows little to no rain except for a chance of showers on Sunday and Sunday night. A cold front will be moving through the state early in the week, and that will bring a blast of colder air to the region. A few scattered areas…
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I can hear it raining outside my window this morning in Athens, but once this rain moves through over the weekend, we should see a mostly dry week for north Georgia, with most of the rain focused in the southern half of the state. The rain today is associated with a developing low pressure center…
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The latest 7-day QPF forecast (Quantitative Precipitation Forecast) for rainfall in the next 7 days shows that we are returning to a rainier state over the next week after a slow increase in drought conditions for the past couple of weeks. A pair of fronts are supposed to move through the area this weekend, bringing…
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The latest 7-day QPF map shows that rainfall across the state should be lighter this week and next, although there will be periods of scattered rain. The driest part of next week will be today through Tuesday, with showers returning to northern GA overnight Tuesday into Wednesday morning. Those showers will spread south later in…
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The National Hurricane Center is currently posting a map showing the potential for tropical storm development along the Southeast coast in the next week. The area of interest so far has just some disorganized thunderstorms but is expected to reach more favorable conditions as it gets closer to Florida. Most models indicate that it is…
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As harvest approaches, many of you may be wondering about the recent switch to a wetter weather pattern. The previous weather was mostly hot and dry with high pressure over us. The high has moved off and our weather is now being dominated by a weak stationary front over the area with waves of storms…
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Penn State Extension is offering a virtual webinar on April 29 from 11:00 AM to 12:30 AM on the topic of climate change and dynamic weather patterns’ impact on management of vineyards. This webinar is one of a series of free events involving several Extension programs around the U. S., including the University of Georgia.…