Climate and Ag in the news
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While forecasts more than two weeks ahead are not always accurate, there are growing signs of a shift in the global climate pattern that could bring much cooler air to the Eastern US in January. The shift is related to projected changes in the strength and orientation of a band of high-altitude winds that make…
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Changes in temperature in the Southeast over the last 100 years or so have been relatively small, especially compared to other parts of the US and the world. That has led to what we call a “warming hole” in the Southeast that gives people here the impression that global temperatures are not increasing, even though…
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EarthSky noted that NOAA’s latest Arctic Report Card was released this week. This year’s report shows that the Arctic region experienced the 2nd-warmest air temperatures ever recorded, the 2nd-lowest overall sea-ice coverage, and lowest recorded winter ice in the Bering Sea. You can read more and watch a video news story about it here.
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Winter barely started before North Carolina got its first major snowstorm of the season earlier this week. The State Climate Office of North Carolina posted a story about the heavy accumulations of snow that occurred in this storm. In some cases the amount of snow that fell was the same as the average annual total.…
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A recent article by Dr. Jeff Masters of Weather Underground highlights the recent high-volume rain events that have hit the US, including Hurricane Harvey in 2017, Hurricane Florence in 2018, and a rainstorm in March 2016 in Louisiana. Masters points out that these three rain events are the three highest rain volume events in US…
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The latest El Niño discussion was released today. Many of us were expecting that the Climate Prediction Center might finally call this an El Niño event and not just a watch, but today’s discussion makes it clear that we are not quite there yet. While the ocean temperatures match what we expect from an El…
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Turbulence in the air can be scary if you are flying, especially if it gets really rough. While turbulence can feel bad, it is not usually life-threatening since most pilots will attempt to fly into smoother air as soon as they can. Turbulence is most dangerous for the flight attendants, since they are standing up…
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