There is an updated web site for the Drought Risk Atlas from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln which includes links to climate and hydrology data and a map viewer on all things related to drought. You can visit it at https://droughtatlas.unl.edu/.
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I am not a podcast listener in general, but many of my friends are. If you enjoy the weather and have time to listen to podcasts as you drive around or work, here is a list of 15 weather-related podcasts that you can listen to to learn about what’s happening…
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Here is a link to another source of National Weather Service weather data for their cooperative stations and airports. It is based on the XMACIS dataset which has a variety of different access points. This one is quite easy to use and is based on the NWS office areal coverage….
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It’s getting to be that time of year again. We are approaching the average date of first frost for the Athens and Atlanta areas. Parts of northern GA have already experienced a bit of frost earlier this fall, and colder weather may bring freezing air into more of the state…
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On Twitter today one of my climatologist friends noted that Google Cloud has a treasure trove of links to databases on weather and climate. Many of these are databases available through sources I have mentioned before like the National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) but there are also other ones…
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The use of satellites to monitor climate conditions provides some really good fine-scale detail about how conditions like soil moisture are changing over time. The NASA GRACE tool provides a look at soil moisture depletion in several different zones, including the root zone. This map from last week shows how…
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If you are tired of hot weather and want to think cool thoughts, you can enjoy this map which shows the date of the first snowfall of the season for each station that collects snowfall information. Read more about it and try it out here.
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