Climate summaries
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The latest monthly climate summary for the Southeast is now available from the Southeast Regional Climate Center. You can read it at https://sercc.com/SoutheastRegionMonthlyClimateReportApril2020.pdf.
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The monthly climate statistics for the US for April 2020 was released today. You can read the complete summary at https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/news/national-climate-202004. The temperature and precipitation were both just below the 20th century average. For the Southeast, both temperature and precipitation were above average. However, for the US for the year to date the temperature was…
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What a strange April it has been! Even the weather was unsettled. Some areas, particularly in the northern part of the region, were cooler than normal, while other areas like South Florida baked in hot, dry conditions. Rainfall was quite variable, with some areas receiving much more than normal while others missed out on most…
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The North Carolina Climate Office posted an article today putting the April 13th tornado outbreak of 2020 (which occurred across the Southeast) in historical context. North Carolina reported 16 tornadoes in the outbreak from a total of 132 tornadoes across the Southeast, which is one of the days with the highest numbers in their state’s…
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Here is a nice summary of the tornadoes that occurred in the NWS Peachtree City area of responsiblity in last weekend’s severe weather outbreak. If you are in a different NWS region, check your own region’s page to see if they have a similar summary available. You can view it at https://www.weather.gov/ffc/2020412_severe.
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The National Weather Service’s weekly weather briefing is now available on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P00I2vROYQA&feature=youtu.be. It shows a recap of last week’s severe weather and a first glance at this coming weekend’s severe weather potential, although it is too early to give many details. The most likely timing of any severe weather would be Sunday afternoon/evening…
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We are half-way through April 2020, so here is a quick look at our current climate conditions. The map of temperature departures shows a continuation of above normal temperatures for April so far, although the temperatures have been somewhat closer to normal than in previous months. This pattern looks likely to continue through the end…