Pam Knox
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I have seen a number of stories in the last few weeks on various aspects of weather, climate, agriculture, and natural disasters. Here are a few I found interesting, including several on the impacts of the January snow on agriculture. Time: How architects are designing for disaster resilience CSRA News: Double B Plant Farm in…
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The latest 7-day QPF map shows a bifurcated pattern in the rainfall this week due to two storms that will pass over the Southeast. The first of them is moving into Alabama tonight and will progress through the region on Sunday. I expect to get some rain early in the morning on Sunday a few…
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This time of year I get a lot of questions about how this year’s weather is affected by changes in the climate over time. Here is an interesting article from Time magazine that describes the kinds of changes we expect to see across the United States. Since I am from Western Michigan, I was interested…
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NOAA released the latest ENSO outlook today. It shows that La Nina is currently present as it has been for the last month, but it is weak and is expected to transition back to ENSO-neutral conditions by the March-May period. Neutral conditions are expected to continue through most of the summer, which may lead to…
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NOAA’s latest global climate report for January 2025 was released today. It shows that for the globe as a whole, this was the warmest January on record for observations going back to 1880. The Southeast US was one of the few areas that was cooler than normal due to the southward protrusion of Arctic air…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released this morning, shows that drought conditions generally improved in Virginia and North Carolina this week but got worse in Alabama, Georgia, Florida, and South Carolina. Overall, 84% of the Southeast was experiencing dry conditions or drought at the time the map was made. There are currently no dry conditions in…
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The latest monthly summary for the US is now available from NOAA. In it, they report that the country had its sixth driest January on record for observations dating back to 1895. The month was also in the coldest third of all January values, and this past January was the coldest reported since 1988. You…
Posted in: Climate summaries