Sources of weather and climate data
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Did you know that the USDA publishes a weekly comprehensive update on weather and climate conditions around the US? If not, you might want to take a look at it to see if any of the information is useful to you. You can find the latest one at https://www.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/ftpref/support/drought/dmrpt-20180712.pdf. You should be able to get to…
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NOAA’s National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS) noted this week that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released a new publication on preparing for the health impacts of drought. It is a resource guide for public health professionals on what kinds of health issues can occur in dry conditions and how to…
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NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center produces long-range forecasts for several time periods, including 6-10 days, 8-14 days, 3-4 weeks, and for one to three months at a time going out to as much as a year ahead. Most of these forecasts provide shading to indicate where the probabilities are tipped towards warmer or colder than normal…
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NASA’s new GRACE satellite can provide a snapshot look at soil moisture conditions across the entire US. The maps come out one a week at https://nasagrace.unl.edu/. This week’s map shows a streak of wet conditions stretching from Alabama north to Ohio, but dry conditions in southeast Georgia and north into most of South Carolina and central…
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If you are interested in what is going on in weather and climate around the world, you should check out Climate.gov‘s Event Tracker page at https://www.climate.gov/news-features/event-tracker/all. It shows some of the fascinating weather extremes that are happening around the world in a clickable map format that allows you to choose your location and see what event…
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Most years I try to attend the annual meeting of the American Association of State Climatologists (AASC). I am a past president and enjoy the chance to catch up with old friends and learn some new things about applied climate. Here are some sources of data and some new web sites I discovered at the…
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The preliminary High Plains Regional Climate Center maps for the Southeast in June 2018 show that almost everywhere was above normal in temperature, but rainfall was quite variable across the region. More areas were below normal than above normal, but there was a lot of scatter due to the convective nature of summer rainfall. The…