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Tag: Al Dutcher
Nebraska Corn: Weather Impacts to Pollination and Kernel Fill Aug 17, 2020
The following are factors that are known to impact pollination: Heat over 95°F depresses pollen production. Prolonged periods of heat can reduce pollen production and viability. High humidity, without a […]
Nebraska: Calculating the Odds of a Hard Freeze Aug 15, 2019
With all of the late-planted crops across the Midwest this year and the calendar turning to August, it is time to calculate the odds of a hard freeze (equal to […]
Nebraska: 60 Days of Bad Weather and Hard Times Apr 2, 2019
The recent string of weather events is definitely one for Nebraska’s history books. The key word to that sentence is “string” because it took a combination of patterns and extremes […]
Nebraska Weather: What to Expect for Snowmelt, Warm-up Mar 12, 2019
It has been a long winter for Nebraska, due in part to extremely cold conditions during February and an abundance of snowfall that stubbornly refuses to disappear from inadequate melt […]
Corn Belt Weather: El Nino and the Central Plains Sep 25, 2018
Longer term forecasts of what lies ahead for the Central Plains this fall and winter often start with a look at ocean temperature trends. Sea surface conditions in the Equatorial […]
Nebraska Weather: Patterns Continue, Drought Areas Likely Expand – Video Jun 4, 2018
What a spring this has been in Nebraska. After the second coldest April on record dating back to 1895, May statewide temperatures are poised to rank in the top 10 […]
Nebraska: Forecast for Precipitation and End-of-Season Freeze Risk Sep 26, 2017
The past two weeks have brought above-normal temperatures to the Great Plains. Using a base of 50/86, 250-300 growing degree day units have accumulated during this time. If normal temperatures […]
Nebraska: Forecast End-of-Season Weather and Freeze Risk Sep 11, 2017
A deepening upper air trough over the Great Lakes region brought an influx of cool Canadian air into the northwestern Corn Belt Sept. 5, resulting in isolated pockets of scattered […]
