New normal weather

This is another in a series of posts on weather.  We are somewhat above normal for temp and rainfall this autumn, and it looks like more of the same as we slide into next week.   A powerful storm in the Carribean may interact with several other fronts moving across the continent and deliver a powerful blow to the mid atlantic states.  That this is happening points to the increasing variability of weather as it relates to agriculture.  Early plantings in Florida will be in jeopardy as this new rain maker dumps on the peninsula.   The late harvest in Virginia and New Jersey will be problematic with a big rainfall.  It is a shame and a scandal that neither political campaign has addressed the problems associated with climate change.  Maybe it will take an abnormal and catastrophic weather event to get the discussion started.