Pam Knox
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The rain we have had in the past week has contributed to contraction or removal of abnormally dry conditions in several states this week. However, the rain did not make it into southern Florida, so abnormally dry (D0) and moderate drought (D1) expanded there. There are no dry conditions at all in Georgia, South Carolina,…
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We know from experience in the Southeast that hurricanes and tropical storms can leave a terrible mess in both croplands and forests when they pass through. One of the biggest issues with assessing the damage to forests is that it is difficult to get an accurate assessment of how much timber was destroyed by the…
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NCEI released the latest monthly global climate assessment today for the globe. It shows that this was the warmest April every observed since global records began in 1880. It was also the 11th month in a row of record-setting warm temperatures and the lowest extent of snow cover in the Northern Hemisphere. You can read…
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Did you know that the first people to identify the climate swing we now know of as ENSO or El Nino Southern Oscillation were potato farmers in Peru? They noticed that in some years very wet conditions occurred and caused problems with growing potatoes there due to the wet conditions, and other years were very…
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Public sentiment is everything. With public sentiment, nothing can fail. Without it, nothing can succeed. Abraham Lincoln The folks at the Yale Program on Climate Connections just released this new tool that you can use to generate climate change fact sheets by state, county, or congressional district showing how attitudes towards climate change vary across your…
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The latest 7-day rainfall map for the US shows that the Southeast is likely to see a LOT of rain this week, starting this weekend. Some areas could receive more than 5 inches! Wednesday and Thursday look like the driest days for most areas this week before the next storm moves in late in the…
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NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center released their latest ENSO forecast today. As predicted, they expect the current weakening El Nino to transition to neutral conditions sometime in the next month. This is expected to be followed by a swing to La Nina by June-August (49%) or July-September (69%). The La Nina is expected to dominate the…