Happy Friday everyone! Summer heat is continuing to dominate as we are looking at an Excessive Heat Risk throughout the local forecast region with temperatures soaring into the 100s. I hope you all are either…
Category: Environment
Wx Info: How do Pecan trees know to avoid early Spring frost
They don’t. But they have evolved a reasonable way to avoid it all the same. It is a bit of a coincidence. According to researchers at the University of Georgia, the Pecan budbreak is based…
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Wx Info: Why do trees change color in the Fall, and how the weather changes what you see
I recall growing up learning that an early frost in Autumn meant bright colors on the trees in the coming weeks. Turns out that isn’t really true. And in fact, an early frost or freeze…
Hot temperatures and clear skies conditions continue in the Southeast: SE MS / SW AL Weather Forecast – 6/15/22
Hello everybody, they’re going to be clear skies in the morning with partly cloudy in the afternoon for today. The high-pressure system will still stay near southeast part of United States will bring mid 70s…
Biogeographer Andy Reese discusses his research of an underwater forest in the Gulf of Mexico
In South Mississippi, counting pollen is usually done by sneezes. Or square feet. Not individually under a microscope. But, most of the pollen being counted by south Mississippians isn’t 60,000 years old. Trapped under the…
Tropical system won’t likely disperse Mississippi algal bloom
I’ve heard from a lot of people in the past few days, asking about the tropical system and the algal bloom. So I reached out to some folks to try and get some answers. It…
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MDEQ closes more beaches along the Mississippi Coast due to algal bloom
From MDEQ: Jackson, Miss.) – The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ), through its Beach Monitoring Program, issued additional closures Sunday for two beach stations (Station 19 and Station 20) in Jackson County due to…
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WX Info: Does lightning make my grass greener?
Your grass isn’t likely greener because of lightning. That isn’t to say that there isn’t some logic – and science – behind the possibility. It just isn’t likely. And recall that unlikely does not mean…
Record ‘dead zone’ possible, but not likely, in Gulf of Mexico during 2019 summer
JUNE 26, 2019 UPDATE: Bonnet Carre closure to begin at a stage of 15.5 feet at Carrollton Gage. This will allow crews to safely close bays. Based on forecast from NSW closing process could start…
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Thermodynamics, overnight heat, and mosquitos
Some people balk at even the mention of climate change. They scoff at people who are concerned about a warming earth. And some even argue about cycles that are easily refuted by an avalanche of…
