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The July 2015 climate summary for Florida is now available at https://climatecenter.fsu.edu/products-services/summaries/climate-summary-for-florida-july-2015.
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Wildfire season in the Pacific Northwest has entered its high season, and is expected to be worse than usual due to the continuing drought conditions in the region. Here are a few stories about the current season and the terrifying season that Alaska is experiencing this year. Cliff Mass of the University of Washington posted…
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The Southern Region Extension Forestry group has a list of forestry-related newsletters that are available for subscription. They cover a variety of topics on southern forestry. You can see the list at https://www.sref.info/news/newsletters.
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In this series I previously mentioned the state climatologists for each state as a source of useful information on climate, agriculture, and any number of other things. If you have a question related to weather or climate (and sometimes astronomy, earthquakes, and animal behavior as well), they have probably heard it. State climatologists have a…
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Now that so many people have smartphones, the use of weather apps has increased dramatically. But you have to be careful using these apps, because sometimes the information they provide, which appears to be based on science, may be more “wish-casting” than forecasting. Dan’s Wild Wild Science blog at the American Geophysical Union has a…
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Here in Athens GA it is raining as I write this. Not a pleasant day to celebrate the Fourth, unless of course you like rain! Most of the Southeast should see at least an inch of rain in the next week. Some areas in the peninsula of Florida and in the mountains could see more.…
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After a few more days of heat, the Southeast should get some welcome relief from the hot conditions, according to the Climate Prediction Center and other NWS outlets. You can see the 6-10 day anomaly map at https://www.cpc.noaa.gov. Some of the extended models have the cooler conditions extending out through the first week of July.…