The latest monthly summary for July 2020 for North Carolina is now available from the North Carolina Climate Office. You can read it at http://climate.ncsu.edu/climateblog?id=320&h=5666e5c1.
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The latest forecast for Tropical Storm Isaias as of Sunday night at 11 pm shows a lopsided storm which has most of its energy and rainfall on the east side of the storm. The current forecast path of the storm is for it to move north from its present position…
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Since it is hot over a wide swath of the United States, livestock producers everywhere are having to come up with ways to keep their cattle cool. Here is a story from Growing Georgia about how dairy farmers in Pennsylvania are coping with the heat and using fans and sprinklers…
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As of 8 pm on Saturday, Isaias has been downgraded to a tropical storm, but is expected to go back up to hurricane force overnight. The storm has been pretty disorganized today due to dry air being pulled into the circulation from land, but some new convection is popping up,…
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The latest monthly climate summary for July 2020 shows that for most parts of the Southeast, temperatures were above normal. Rainfall across the region was variable, but overall it was drier than normal. Some areas of moderate drought and abnormally dry conditions appeared by the end of the month in…
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The latest 7-day QPF map shows the strong influence of Hurricane Isaias and its rain for the next 3-4 days along the East Coast. Areas near the center of the circulation could see several inches of rain, while areas to the west of it are likely to remain dry. The…
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NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center released their revised prediction for August 2020. It shows that warmer than normal weather is most likely to occur in Florida and along the East Coast. Wetter than normal conditions are expected to occur along the East Coast, but that prediction is mostly tied to the…
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