Most areas of the Southeast will see less than 1/2 inch of precipitation this week, with most of that falling next weekend. Calm, cool and dry weather are expected for most areas until then.
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Climate and Agriculture in the Southeast
Earlier today I posted about the newly released final report on Hurricane Michael from NOAA’s National Hurricane Center. You can find the link to the report in an earlier blog post today. Here is an interesting article from Bob Henson at Weather Underground which looks into the details of the…
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This week BBC broadcast a new 1-hour special on the science of climate change which provides a very good overview of the current state of climate science. The story is told from a British viewpoint but provides an excellent overview of climate change, how we know it exists and how…
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NOAA’s National Hurricane Center released their official report on Hurricane Michael today. It officially notes that Michael was a Category 5 storm. The report includes a number of observations from the University of Georgia weather network as well as many other sensor networks. You can read it at https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/data/tcr/AL142018_Michael.pdf.
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The latest monthly and seasonal outlooks from NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center, released today, indicate that warmer and wetter than normal conditions are likely to continue through the months of May, June and July. This means that the moderate drought that is currently in place in parts of the Southeast is…
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Do you have trouble understanding how to interpret the monthly climate outlooks put out by NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center? Then this webinar is for you! On Monday, April 22, there will be a webinar at 2-3 pm EDT (1-2 PM CDT) on how to read these maps and interpret the…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released this morning, shows that the areas of moderate drought in southeast Alabama, eastern Georgia and southern South Carolina were slightly reduced this week in response to rains over the last week. I expect to see more improvements in next week’s map due to rains expected…
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