Events

• Lightning Safety Week

  Pam Knox

  June 19, 2017

  

  This week the National Weather Service is celebrating Lightning Safety Week.  Lightning can kill any time of year but with more outdoor activities coupled with the best chances for thunderstorms, summer is the prime season for lightning injuries and deaths.  Be safe and be smart!  You can read more from the NWS here.

  Posted in: Events, Severe

• TODAY: Webinar on Energy Strategies for Farm Resilience in the Northeast

  Pam Knox

  June 15, 2017

  

  At 2 pm EDT today June 15, the Northeast Climate Hub will present a webinar on farm strategies for maximizing energy design and efficiency. According to their web site, “Participants will learn how energy-oriented design and operation can impact the resilience (the capacity to recover quickly from challenges) and long term success of farm operations,…

  Posted in: Events

• Eclipse Megamovie site shows what the August eclipse will look like at your location

  Pam Knox

  June 14, 2017

  

  There have been many stories published about the upcoming solar eclipse in August 2017, which will be visible across the Southeast.  You can see a movie of what it will look like at your location by going to https://eclipsemega.movie/simulator?lat=31.45046290000001&lng=-83.50849729999999 and entering your location in the box.

  Posted in: Climate and Ag in the news, Climate science, Events, Tools for climate and agriculture

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

  Pam Knox

  June 13, 2017

  

  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…

  Posted in: Events, Uncategorized

• World Oceans Day

  Pam Knox

  June 8, 2017

  

  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.

  Posted in: Coastal, Events

• Petition for the support of the Regional Climate Centers

  Pam Knox

  June 5, 2017

  

  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…

  Posted in: Events, Sources of weather and climate data

• Happy meteorological summer!

  Pam Knox

  June 1, 2017

  

  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…

  Posted in: Climate and Ag in the news, Events, Sources of weather and climate data