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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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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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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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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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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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According to the State Climate Office of Georgia, this week is National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)‘s Air Quality Awareness Week! Did you know that wildfires and smoke contain fine particulate matter that can cause serious cardiovascular and respiratory effects? When there’s smoke in the air, limit or suspend outdoor activity until you know the…
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The Southeast Farm Press had an interesting story this week about the South Carolina Water Resources Summit meeting held recently at Clemson University. In the story it describes the recent climate patterns in SC, including the lurch from floods in October 2015 to drought in 2016 followed by another 1000 year flood when Matthew moved…