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The next few days are going to be very warm across the region, especially those areas away from the coasts. Since it is the first big heat wave of the year, most folk are not yet acclimatized to the hot and sultry weather and need to take special care to keep themselves, their kids, their…
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Today there is an area of disturbed weather in the central Atlantic Ocean that has a 70% chance of briefly developing tropical characteristics before it starts to fall apart. If it does get named, it would be Tropical Storm Andrea, the first named storm of 2025 in the Atlantic. This time of year most of…
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Join us for the Southeast Climate Monthly Webinar! This webinar series provides the region with information on current and developing climate conditions such as drought, floods, and tropical storms, as well as climatic events like El Niño and La Niña. Speakers may also discuss the impacts of these conditions on topics such as wildfires, agriculture production,…
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Today is the start of astronomical summer, when the sun is highest in the sky. You can read more about the solstice at https://www.space.com/summer-solstice-when-what. Today is also Share Your Stripe Day, when people across the world share their stripes that depict the earth’s warming climate. The graph below shows the annual average temperature for the…
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We have been in a fairly wet pattern for the last few weeks, although with hit or miss convective rain a few spots always get hit hard while others get missed. This pattern is shifting this weekend to one where a dome of high pressure is located across the eastern United States extending down into…
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NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center released their updated monthly and seasonal climate outlooks earlier this week. They show that the July-September period is expected to be warmer than usual although July alone has equal chances of near, above, and below normal temperature in spite of the end of June being very hot. The same periods are…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released earlier this week, shows small increases in dry conditions in several states as recent rains have continued to fall. The extreme drought is now gone from Florida and other areas have been reduced. A couple of small areas on the eastern coast of Florida did see slight expansions of drought.…
Posted in: Drought