Climate and Ag in the news
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The World Meteorological Organization recently released its latest State of the World report. In it, it describes the carbon dioxide levels as the highest in 800,000 years and the annual average global temperature for 2024 as the highest since records began 175 years ago. An El Nino enhanced the warming caused by carbon dioxide and…
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The expansive round of severe weather we had this week is a reminder that you should take time every year to prepare for extreme weather conditions, both for local severe weather and hurricanes. Preparation allows you to react more quickly to threatening conditions, allowing you to move to safety in time to maximize the chance…
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The dry conditions that have been occurring over parts of the Southeast, combined with several storms that have brought quite a bit of wind to the area, have helped fuel the development of numerous wildfires in the Carolinas as well as other parts of the Southeast. The wildfires are made even worse in the Carolinas…
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If you have been watching national weather news this week you may have noticed images of tremendous dust storms in western Texas, including El Paso. These dust storms caused visibilities near zero on highways, leading to accidents and health issues there. But you may not have seen the stories about the dirty rain that fell…
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I wrote a few days about how cuts to NOAA and the National Weather Service would make weather forecasts, including hurricane forecasts and severe weather warnings, less reliable in the future. Here are a couple of additional stories that explain how the cuts would reduce the quality of NWS products. New Scientist: Four ways cuts…
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Here is an interesting piece of weather history that you might not have heard of. Back in the 1880s, John Park Finley, a member of the Army Signal Corps (a precursor to the Weather Bureau, which began in 1890) started making tornado forecasts based on his observations of the weather that often occurred when tornadoes…
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You might think it is too early to start thinking about the tropics and potential tropical storm activity, but this is actually a great time to review hurricane forecasts and prepare for the season. That can include things like taking inventories of equipment for insurance purposes in case you get hit by a storm and…