November 2021
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The North Carolina State Climate Office has posted a new blog entry on some of their last big snow events. The last few winters have been lacking in significant snow events there and they are looking back to some of the last big snow events they have had in the state. You can read more…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released today, shows that moderate drought expanded in Virginia and North and South Carolina under the absence of rain in the last week. Abnormally dry conditions expanded in Georgia and were reintroduced to Alabama, too. Moderate drought and dry conditions also expanded in Puerto Rico. With relatively light rain expected in…
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Southeast Drought Early Warning SystemPartners DialogueMarch 1-2, 2022 | Atlanta, Georgia This regional gathering will bring together partners for the first time under the newly established Southeast Drought Early Warning System (SE DEWS) network to share and discuss ongoing drought-related activities, learn about new and innovative drought research and resources, explore emerging issues and opportunities,…
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We are about halfway through the month of November, so let’s take a look at where we are. The temperature departure map shows that nearly all of the Southeast was cooler than normal, and in some places as much as 5 degrees lower than normal, especially where it was wet. Precipitation was hit or miss,…
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Growing Produce posted this story by John R. Clark earlier this week discussing the weather this past winter in the Southeast and its impacts on blackberries. While he found that the freeze in February did not do as much damage to the canes as he feared, the late frost in April in North Carolina hit…
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Yale Climate Connections has an interesting story about how a proposed mine in the vicinity of the Okefenokee Swamp may affect climate by changing the water supply in the area. This could lead to drying of the soil, releasing greenhouse gases like methane to the atmosphere. This is especially true if wildfires burn the dried-out…
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It’s the time of year when frost starts to affect large parts of the Southeast. One of the interesting phenomena that can occur in these chilly conditions are something called “frost flowers”. Basically, they are formed by thin ribbons of moisture freezing in the soil and being extruded upward into the air, resulting in fragile…