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Just in time for the latest heat way, the Midwestern Regional Climate Center announced a new interactive heat index map for the US which shows the average number of hours with the heat index above several thresholds. This is available for the first order weather stations at the larger airports….
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The latest monthly and seasonal outlooks for the US were released earlier this week. They show that for both August and the August through October period, temperature likelihood leans towards warmer than normal conditions, but precipitation shows equal chances of near, below and above normal. The remaining drought in the…
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The latest global climate report was released today by NOAA for June 2019. It shows that for the earth as a whole, the month was the warmest June since records began in 1880. The South Central US was one of the few places that was cooler than normal, but the…
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The latest Drought Monitor released this morning shows relatively small changes in drought this week. Severe drought was removed from Georgia and reduced in Florida but expanded slightly in Alabama. Fortunately, a pattern change in the next week should mean a return to more frequent rains in the dry areas,…
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Today is the 200th anniversary of the birthday of Eunice Foote, one of the first scientists to study climate science and start to understand how carbon dioxide can affect earth’s atmosphere. My colleague Dr. Marshall Shepherd wrote a blog post about Foote in today’s Forbes.com. In the article he says:…
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In a sharp change from last month’s El Niño outlook, the latest forecast from IRI now shows that they expect the current weak El Niño to end within the next couple of months. Last month’s forecast predicted it would last through most of the summer and perhaps into next fall….
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Title: New Oceans and Coastal Communities in a Changing Climate: Findings from the Fourth National Climate Assessment Presenter(s): Jeff Payne, Director, Office of Coastal Management, NOAA, and Andy Pershing, Chief Scientific Officer, Gulf of Maine Research Institute Date & Time: 16 July 2019 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm ET You…
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