Pam Knox
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The introduction of the new normals has brought up a lot of questions on how the new values compare to those of previous periods. There have been a number of different comparison maps and tools that have been brought up. Farm Press posted a story today about another tool provided to compare the new normals…
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The Royal Meteorological Society of the UK has produced an excellent teacher’s guide to teaching high school students about weather and climate. While it is geared towards the weather and climate of Great Britain, the basic outline and materials are of course applicable to the US as well. You can find it here. It contains…
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The first outlook of the year showing a potential storm in the Atlantic Basin was issued today. It shows a 20% chance of development in the Atlantic northeast of Bermuda in the next 5 days. It says that chance of development of a non-tropical system may occur but will not be a threat to land.…
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Drought and Water Monthly Webinar + Evaporative Demand Drought Index OverviewTuesday, May 25, 2021 at 1 pm ET The webinar will provide updated information on the climate, water, and drought status of the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint (ACF) River Basin. This drought assessment webinar is brought to you by the Auburn University Water Resources Center and the National Integrated…
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We are about halfway through May 2021, and the preliminary values show that most of the region other than the Florida Peninsula have been colder than normal for the month so far. The western parts of the region have been relatively wet, while eastern Florida, SE Georgia, and the eastern parts of the Carolinas have…
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As we head towards the 2021 Atlantic hurricane season, you may be wondering whether we will see another 30 storms this year. Of course, the answer is complicated because the climate conditions change from one year to the next. You might also wonder if this is a sign of things to come more frequently in…
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You have probably read here or elsewhere that NOAA just updated the normals for climate data across the US. They went from the 1981-2010 averaging period to the 1991-2020 averaging period. The results for most of the country were that the new normal temperature was higher than the old ones, and precipitation also went up…