Events
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Hope you all have a wonderful (if hot) holiday celebrating our American independence with family and friends. If you are in areas that are very dry, please be cautious shooting off fireworks due to the lack of rain. No one wants their picnic ruined by a fire!
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Update: slides and video now posted at https://www.drought.gov/webinars/southeast-climate-monthly-webinar-june-25-2024.Join us for the Southeast Climate Monthly Webinar! This webinar series provides the region with information on current and developing climate conditions such as drought, floods, and tropical storms, as well as climatic events like El Niño and La Niña. Speakers may also discuss the impacts of these…
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The summer solstice for the Northern Hemisphere this year occurs on June 20, just a couple of days from now. The summer solstice is the date on which the sun appears to be highest in the sky. This means the longest day of the year and then the slow decrease of day length through the…
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It’s a holiday weekend. Don’t forget the Monthly Climate Webinar to be held Tuesday May 28 at 10 am ET. Details and registration link below. Join us for the Southeast Climate Monthly Webinar! This webinar series provides the region with information on current and developing climate conditions such as drought, floods, and tropical storms, as…
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NOAA is hosting their annual Hurricane Preparedness Week this week. If you are in danger of being affected by a tropical storm or hurricane this year (that includes all of the Southeast plus many areas beyond it from South Texas to Halifax, Nova Scotia), you need to prepare now for the coming season, because it…
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Many of you have rain gauges (CoCoRaHS or otherwise), work for the National Weather Service or other agencies, or just love watching the weather. Today is your day! We celebrate everyone who observes the weather and reports it via work or citizen science. I have been watching the weather since a tornado came two blocks…
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The 5th National Climate Assessment, released in November, discussed the changes in climate we are observing in the Southeast U. S. You can find the full report at https://nca2023.globalchange.gov/ and the Southeast chapter at https://nca2023.globalchange.gov/chapter/22/. I am one of the authors of this chapter. We have been hosting a series of webinars covering the different…