Pam Knox
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The latest monthly climate summary for March 2017 for North Carolina is now available. You can read it at https://climate.ncsu.edu/climateblog?id=232&h=5666e5c1. You can read the Florida climate summary for March 2017 at https://climatecenter.fsu.edu/products-services/summaries?id=508.
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The record of the blossoming date of cherry trees in Kyoto, Japan, is one of the longest phenological records climatologists have. Historical information on the blossom date goes back all the way to 812 AD, although nearly continuous records are not available until 1406 AD. The dates have recently been compiled into a single record,…
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Today there is a large tornado outbreak underway in Louisiana, and the system is moving east and will affect our area on Monday. The screen capture of today’s radar below shows not only a strong line of severe storms moving through Louisiana today but multiple individual supercell thunderstorms ahead of the line. Many of these…
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The Vegetable and Specialty Crop News published an article this week on the impact of weather on Florida peaches. Research is showing that peach leaf rust is a big issue for Florida peaches. According to the article, “Due to Florida’s hot, humid and rainy summers, peaches are much more susceptible to the rust. The disease can…
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NOAA put out a very useful primer on how to use climate data on their blog this week. It describes how climate data are used and where to get what you need. If you need climate data in your work or your kids need it for school, you can check out their instructions at https://www.climate.gov/maps-data/primer/climate-data-primer. You…
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The latest outlook for April 2017 was released yesterday by the Climate Prediction Center. It shows an increased chance of above normal temperature will be continuing this month but that there are equal chances for near, above or below normal precipitation during the month. This week’s QPF forecast shows a very wet start to the…
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Following the launch of Sputnik 1 on October 4, 1957, both the Soviets and the United States went into a flurry of satellite building. As part of that race to space, on April 1, 1960, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) launched the Television Infra-Red Observation Satellite (TIROS-1), the world’s first successful weather satellite.…