I’ve gotten some emails lately asking about how to report dry conditions and drought so that the Drought Monitor authors recognize that things are getting crunchy here in parts of the Southeast. Here is a refresher on what sites you can use to do it: There are a lot of…
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Inside Climate News published a story about state weather mesonets in February, but I just ran across it this week. Mesonets like the one we have at the University of Georgia provide valuable climate information to farmers and extension agents documenting drought, water stress, freezes, and growing degree days, all…
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The National Weather Service provides a lot of weather and climate observations across the United States and has done so for well over 100 years. But their network is limited in what it measures, focusing mainly on temperature and precipitation, plus wind, humidity, and pressure at airport locations where that…
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A wind rose is a diagram that displays the frequency of winds from different directions in a wheel-shaped graph. The North Carolina State Climate Office noted this week that they have a new tool to generate wind roses for weather stations around the state. This information can be used for…
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NOAA has recently released a new technical report describing the rises in sea level to be expected over the next 30 years. The report describes how quickly the sea level is rising at various places along the US Coast and provides links to a website that allows you to view…
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This week the National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS) and its partners launched a brand new dashboard with a lot of information on climate, water, and drought in the Southeastern United States, particularly the ACF (Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint) Basin. They thank you and all the participants in the design process for being…
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In our current weather pattern, a ridge of high pressure is dominating in the western US, while a persistent trough of low pressure is in place over the East. While this pattern is in place, the Southeast is experiencing waves of storms moving into the area from the northwest, bringing…
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