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According to the Drought Monitor released this morning, drought has expanded and gotten worse in most of the region with a couple of small patches like the area just southwest of Savannah, which experienced several inches in a day before the data cutoff earlier this week. Severe (D2) drought was added to both North and…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released this morning, shows a wide area of the Eastern United States has bumped up to a worse drought classification this week. The change map below shows all the places where the drought classification has gotten worse. Many places in the Southeast are included in that. Only a couple of areas…
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The latest 7-day tropical outlook shows that Erin is still on course to turn north and then northeast, passing between the US East Coast and Bermuda. But the track has been shifting a little to the west, which means that the Outer Banks of NC could see more wind and rain than previously predicted even…
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While Hurricane Erin is not directly affecting the Southeast, the East Coast is being hit by high waves and heavy surf generated by Erin’s winds. This is leading to dangerous rip currents along the coast that have led to many rescues along Carolina beaches already, far ahead of the storm’s strongest effects. NOAA has a…
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Many of my friends that work or worked in the National Weather Service have been affected by the reduction in the federal workforce that started after President Trump took office. The result was a significant loss of personnel in the NWS and in NOAA, leading to cuts in service because so many positions were vacant.…
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This week a new area of disturbed weather formed in the Atlantic Ocean southeast of our region. It has some thunderstorms but there is no closed low or much of a circulation at this point. The area is expected to move gradually westward over the next few days and will drop quite a bit of…
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Here in this blog, we don’t just talk about the impacts of climate on agriculture (or vice versa). We also share information about how climate may have affected other aspects of society. This story from Atlas Obscura describes how languages developed “soft” or “loud” sounding words depending on what the prevailing climate of the people…
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