Events
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The Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint (ACF) and the Alabama-Coosa-Tallapoosa (ACT) River Basin are currently experiencing drought conditions and impacts. This webinar will provide an overview of current climate and drought status, information on streamflow and water levels, perspectives from the state level, and a look at what can be expected in the future. Presentations will include: ACF Basin Drought…
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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 conditions on topics such as wildfires, agriculture…
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If you have been paying attention to the news, you probably know that on Saturday during the day there will be an annular eclipse of the sun that will be visible across the lower 48 states, although in most places it will just be a partial eclipse. Since it is happening during the day, it…
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This week marks the 5th anniversary of Hurricane Michael, which caused over $25 billion in damage to the Southeast, including several billion dollars in damage to agriculture. I will be one of three speakers on the American Meteorological Society’s retrospective webinar on Michael, to be held on Tuesday October 10 online at 7 pm EDT.…
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Note that if you have your phone on at 2:20 EDT on Wednesday, October 4, you will here an emergency alert on your cell phones, televisions, and radios. The Federal Emergency Management Agency and Federal Communications Commission are scheduled to test their National Wireless Emergency Alert System at that time. The run-through will actually consist of two parts, the Emergency…
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Update on slides and recording: https://www.drought.gov/webinars/southeast-climate-monthly-webinar-september-26-2023.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 conditions on…
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September 1st marked the end of climatological summer and the start of climatological fall. Can’t you already tell the difference? Just kidding, it’s still going to be hot for a while. Climatologists use June 1 through August 31 as the period for summer rather than the astronomical calendar because it aligns better with when the…
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