Pam Knox
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Extremely hot conditions have brought a spate of record high temperatures to some parts of the country, including a few records set in the Southeast late last week. This does not look like it will change any time soon, unfortunately. You can read more about the heat in the Southwest and what to do to keep yourself…
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The latest outlook from the Climate Prediction Center gives a high chance of above-normal temperatures this summer and extending on into next fall and winter. The summer chances are mainly linked to long-term warming trends in temperature, while next winter’s warm temperatures are tied to the likely development of a La Niña in the next…
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Earthzine published an interesting article earlier this month about the decrease in wind speeds that have occurred in recent years compared to the longer-term average. You can read it at https://earthzine.org/2016/06/10/a-new-kind-of-drought-u-s-record-low-windiness-in-2015/. This is important because of our increasing use of wind power to provide electricity, since lower wind speeds are less efficient for power production and…
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The Animal Agriculture in a Changing Climate blog has a new post about farm decision-making and economic realities in dealing with changes in climate. You can read it at https://animalagclimatechange.org/driver-of-change/.
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The summer solstice arrives on Monday at 6:34 EDT. You can read about what it is on the WunderBlog at https://www.wunderground.com/news/summer-solstice-first-day-summer-20140619#prclt-JnRYWA1s. You might also be interested to read about the difference in the length of day from north to south at EarthSky here. Happy astronomical summer!
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Dr. Marshall Shepherd of UGA published a new column in Forbes.com this week about mammatus clouds, the beautiful and sometimes scary clouds that form on the undersides of severe thunderstorms (and occasionally in other places as well). You can read his blog post here. The Cloud Appreciation Society also has some great pictures of mammatus…
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While it seems to be pretty intuitive that parking in the shade helps keep your car cool, there has been surprisingly little data collected to show how much cooler it is. The State Climatologist of Arizona, Nancy Selover, has contributed to a recent article describing their work to measure car temperatures in sun and shade…