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  • WANTED: Your Stories: The Value of Federal Climate, Environmental and Equity Programs

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    Do you have a story about the value of federal climate data to your work that you are willing to share? Scientists are compiling stories about how valuable the climate centers, the USDA Agricultural Statistics Service, the Drought Monitor and other federal agency products are to your activities as a farmer, extension agent, or agribusiness…

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  • World Oceans Day

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    Today is World Oceans Day!  Since the oceans cover 3/4 of the earth’s surface, they are extremely important to providing moisture and controlling temperature in the atmosphere.  You can see some great pictures at EarthSky here.

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  • Petition for the support of the Regional Climate Centers

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    In the FY 2018 budget submitted to Congress, program funding for the Regional Climate Centers (RCC) was reduced by 82%. With this reduced level of funding the RCCs will not be able to respond to customer phone requests, collect current weather and climate information, and provide an active website that includes value-added climate information and…

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  • Happy meteorological summer!

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    Today marks the first day of summer for meteorologists.  Summer is officially June, July and August in the climatologist’s calendar.  It is also the first day of the Atlantic tropical storm season, which looks like it could be a bit more active than usual. Here’s a graph showing the average temperature trend for the Southeast…

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  • Lessons from Hurricane Andrew

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    Twenty-five years ago this coming August 24, my meteorologist husband and I were in Wisconsin glued to the television as Hurricane Andrew came onshore just south of Miami, packing powerful winds.  His aunt lived on Key Biscayne, which missed the eye of the storm by less than ten miles (fortunately, she was well inland at…

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  • It’s Hurricane Preparedness Week!

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    This week is NOAA’s Hurricane Preparedness Week.  Do you know what to do if a hurricane or tropical storm is forecast for your area?  What can you do to plan ahead?  The NWS offices in the Southeast are putting out tips all week in preparation for the official start of the Atlantic Tropical Season on…

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  • NOAA: What’s new in hurricane forecasting?

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    As we edge towards June 1, the start of the Atlantic hurricane season, NOAA has provided some information on what innovations they are planning for this year.  You can read about them at https://www.noaa.gov/news/what-s-new-in-hurricane-forecasting. The Carolinas Climate list newsletter also noted these upcoming webinars to explain some of their new products: NOAA’s 2017 Hurricane Season Awareness…

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