March 2017
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Reuters and other news agencies noted that an Argentine research station on the northern tip of the Antarctic peninsula set a new continental record high of 63.5 F on March 24, 2015, but said that the data was not officially recognized until it was recently reviewed, according to the World Meteorological Organization. The heat record for…
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NOAA has a web page available which contains a variety of resources on spring safety. You can access it at https://www.weather.gov/wrn/spring-safety. It includes information on preparing a spring emergency kit, high surf, lightning safety, and other related topics.
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The State Climate Office of North Carolina has issued their latest monthly climate summary for February 2017. You can read it at https://climate.ncsu.edu/climateblog?id=227&h=5666e5c1.
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From Jared Rackley, former UGA graduate student and now working for the NWS in Louisiana: Still think the Farmers’ Almanac is reliable? How did that “Penetrating Cold and Very Wet” winter work out for you? As March begins, meteorological winter (Dec.-Feb.) comes to an end. This winter was not only unseasonably warm across much of…
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