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Possible Change In Weather Pattern

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I’m going to start off this week’s article with a quick look at global weather records and patterns so far this year. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the first nine months of 2010 have been the warmest ever recorded. If this pattern keeps up, 2010 will go down as the warmest
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World Simmers In Hottest Year So Far

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The world is enduring the hottest year on record, according to a U. S. national weather analysis, causing droughts worldwide and a concern for U. S. farmers counting on another bumper year. For the first six months of the year, 2010 has been warmer than the first half of 1998, the previous record holder, by
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Warm Start To Summer To Continue

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It seems like it’s time to revisit my prediction for a hot, dry summer! I have received a fair number of emails and comments pointing out how far off I was with my prediction for a hot, dry summer… although, I did hear someone say, and I have to admit it was a youngster pointing
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Looming Monster Hurricane Season Menaces

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The worst hurricane season since 2005 could hit hard the main agricultural export region of the United States and hurt various crops growing around the Atlantic basin and Caribbean Sea. The Port of New Orleans, devastated by Hurricane Katrina in 2005, and the Port of South Louisiana, some 30 miles upstream from the city, are
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U. S. Grain Trade Gauging La Niña Risk

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Grain traders are concerned that a La Nińa weather event could produce hotter, drier weather in the U. S. Midwest this summer, potentially lowering crop yields. During a La Nińa, a cooling of sea surface temperatures in the equatorial Pacific Ocean alters weather patterns around the globe. Grain traders associate La Nińa with warmer and
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El Nińo strengthening: The U. S. Climate Prediction Center said Sept. 10 the El Nińo weather anomaly should strengthen this fall and through the 2009-10 Northern Hemisphere winter. El Nińo is an abnormal warming of waters in the equatorial Pacific Ocean. Despite its current weak state, El Nińo has apparently affected the annual Atlantic hurricane
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Signals Point To “Weak” El Niño Pattern

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“If we were to switch over to an El Nińo, one would expect an end of the drought in Argentina.” – ANNE FRICK Indications of an El Nińo weather pattern have stalled after building for several months, and that’s generally good news for grain crops in Australia and South Africa, experts said. But scientists expect
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U. S. “Dead Zone” Smaller But More Severe

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The “dead zone” in the Gulf of Mexico, an area choked by low oxygen levels that threatens marine life, is smaller than expected this year but more deadly, the U. S. government said July 27. The zone, caused by a run-off of agricultural chemicals from farms along the Mississippi River, measured about 3,000 square miles
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Gulf Of Mexico “Dead Zone” One Of Largest Ever

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The Gulf of Mexico’s “dead zone” – a region infested with algae that consumes most of the oxygen, deterring habitation by marine life – could be one of the largest on record, with much of the blame going to agriculture and flooding, the government said June 18. The dead zone, located off the coast of
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Drought In U. S. South To Persist Through June

Drought gripping Te x a s, Ca l i f o r n i a , the Southeast and Wisconsin is expected to persist through June with “limited areas of improvement,” the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said March 19. Drought could also develop from northern Virginia to New Jersey if dry weather continues. Recent

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