Climate science
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The Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory released a short article this week describing research to be published in the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. In the article it discusses the variability in temperature distributions in different El Nino episodes. Some episodes feature strong temperature anomalies, while others are weaker. Some favor the strongest warming near…
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At CPASW today we learned that the Climate Prediction Center is in the process of updating their website to a new, cleaner and more interactive model. You can view the new beta version of the website at https://www.cpcpara.ncep.noaa.gov/. This site will combine much of the functionality of the old web site, including climate and drought outlooks,…
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Now that spring is here and warmer, more humid air is entering the US, severe weather and tornado chances are increasing across the country. There is an excellent animation that shows how the region of severe weather occurrence moves around the country at the NOAA Storm Prediction Center at https://www.spc.noaa.gov/new/SVRclimo/climo.php?parm=anySvr. The area of most likely…
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Today’s EDEN (Extension Disaster Education Network) blog has a great entry on lightning and weather safety. Since the weather is warming up and thunderstorms are becoming more common, it’s a good time to review your lightning safety rules. They provide a number of links to resources like the National Weather Service and others. Check out…
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I’ve been attending the Southern Chapter of the International Society of Arborists meeting this week in Mobile. I was fortunate to listen to Dr. Kim Coder of the University of Georgia discuss the impacts of winds and lightning on trees. He told me about several fact sheets that the Warnell School of Forestry at UGA…
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As the window on the wet season in California starts to close, there are signs that the drought affecting the area is likely to continue and perhaps even to grow over the coming year. The Western Governors’ Association released a report this week stating that snowpacks in the mountainous areas are far below normal after…
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The Climate Council has a nice new video which explains the difference between weather and climate in just three minutes. You can view it at their web site here. AgroClimate also has some resources on this topic at https://agroclimate.org/fact-sheets-climate.php. Or contact me for some PowerPoint slides on this topic. What’s your favorite way to explain…