Sources of weather and climate data
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As a former State Climatologist of Wisconsin and assistant SC of Georgia, I am very proud of all our state climatologists around the country and the work that they do to monitor historical climate and educate their citizens about weather and climate variability at all time scales. NOAA has just produced an excellent video which…
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There is a new “experimental” product available from the Earth System Research Laboratory (ESRL) of NOAA which provides analog values of precipitation amounts for time periods from the present to ten days out. The product is available at https://esrl.noaa.gov/psd/forecasts/reforecast2/analogs/index.html. These maps use a new set of analog comparisons to predict rainfall across the US. The maps…
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Meteorologists are anxiously watching the latest blast from the Arctic, which is expected to move into the Southeast after a cold frontal passage on Wednesday. Predicted temperatures on Thursday show that it is likely that many areas of the Southeast will experience record low high temperatures and some record lows may also fall. A nice…
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One of the frequent claims of climate change skeptics is that climate scientists are making up or falsifying data to make it appear that the Earth is warming. You may have heard this from some of your own clients who based their beliefs on stories promoted in some media outlets. However, this “zombie theory” has…
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This should be a big week for wet weather in a lot of the Southeast, with the exception of south Florida. Saturday will be the nicest day in the week for most of the area, and then things get interesting with the next blast of cold air moving into the region on Saturday night into…
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The Climate Prediction Center and numerous other groups are warning of a potential winter storm which is expected to impact parts of the Southeast early next week. The forecast models are in agreement that a significant winter storm is likely to occur, although they are still evolving on which areas will experience snow and which…
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The National Weather Service has just announced a new “experimental” forecast app for smartphones that may make it easier to make short-term decisions on what to do around the farm and when to do it. This app provides a variety of weather-related information in an easy to use format which adapts to your screen size.…