Climate outlooks
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NOAA released their latest set of outlook maps this week. They continue to go with conditions that are consistent with La Niña for the next few months. In December, drier than normal conditions are expected to continue, while temperatures could be near, above or below normal. For the winter, spring and summer temperatures continue to…
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The State Climate Office of North Carolina has released their third of three blog posts on the likely winter conditions this year. It shows that, as expected, due to La Niña, conditions are likely to be warmer and drier than normal for the state and surrounding areas. Some areas of the state could see increased…
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Is the sun causing the warming we have seen in recent decades? This is a comment I occasionally get from people who are not paying careful attention to how climate works. While solar radiation can affect climate on a variety of time scales (ice ages from distance-related orbital changes in our trip around the sun,…
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If you’re wondering where the cold air is this time of year, you are not alone. A number of my friends have noted on Facebook how late the frost is to Minnesota and the upper Midwest this year and here in the Southeast we are later than normal as well. You can read about some…
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Corey Davis of the State Climate Office of North Carolina continues his series of blog posts on weather patterns that might affect our winter conditions in the Southeast in his latest post this morning. La Niña will be one big influence on our upcoming winter, but there are other patterns in play too. You can…
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Clint Thompson of the University of Georgia wrote an article last week discussing Georgia’s current drought and the outlook for this winter and next year. It quotes heavily from me but also provides insight from other UGA extension specialists and agents. Here is the article as printed in Growing Georgia today.
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The State Climate Office of North Carolina is offering a three-part series on the outlook for the upcoming winter. This week’s post is on forecasts based on folklore like woolly worm caterpillars and the two Farmers’ Almanacs. You can read it at https://climate.ncsu.edu/climateblog?id=219&h=5666e5c1.