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The latest 7-day QPF map shows that nearly dry conditions will occur this week over most of the region. There could be some light showers on Monday night into Tuesday morning in the mountains and in parts of Virginia and North Carolina, but they are not expected to amount to much. This may continue into…
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NOAA released their monthly climate summary for the United States earlier this week. It showed that most of the region was warmer than normal and drier than normal, although there were some areas that were close to normal. This is generally consistent with the weak La Nina that just ended. You can read more at…
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Golfers who have played golf at Augusta National this week have noticed changes to the course related to Hurricane Helene. Augusta was hit very hard by winds on the right side of Helene and that has apparently caused severe tree loss on the course. These impacts have changed the way some holes can be played.…
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Today NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center announced that the La Nina which has been present since early January is now over and we are back to neutral conditions. This La Nina was very short-lived and was categorized as a weak La Nina which peaked in early February. It did have some impact on the winter climate…
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Back in February, Growing Produce published this story about the cost of extreme weather and drought to farmers across the country. I ran across it this week and thought it was worth mentioning here because it is the most comprehensive accounting of agricultural damage for the US as a whole. Note that the dataset they…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released this morning, shows improvement in the drought intensity this week due to the rain we got last weekend. However, this rain has provided only limited relief to the soil moisture in the top 100 cm and dry conditions continue in many areas below the surface layer. The rain tonight (Thursday…
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As I sit here at home on Sunday night, I can hear heavy rain falling outside my window. If you live in Alabama or western Georgia, you saw a lot of rain earlier today, and as of tonight it is now moving into the Carolinas and Virginia. Overnight and during the day on Monday, this…
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