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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.…
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The NC CRONOS/ECONet Database, developed by the State Climate Office of North Carolina, enables the public to quickly and easily retrieve archived observations from 35,433 (13,127 active) weather sites and 14,502 water sites in and around North Carolina. CRONOS stands for Climate Retrieval and Observations Network of the Southeast database, and there are many additional…
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Problems with the ocean near the US coasts have been linked to the unusual climate we have seen lately across the country. Here are some stories that show different climate impacts on the sea. ThinkProgress posted a story on Thursday about the huge toxic algal bloom that has forced the shut-down of fisheries along the West…
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As of 10 pm, the National Hurricane Center has declared there is enough of a circulation in the Gulf of Mexico to declare it a tropical storm named Bill. As predicted, Bill is headed for Texas where the ground is already sodden from persistent rain in the last few weeks. This means that flooding is highly…
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On April 22, 2015, Calbuco Volcano erupted in Chile. I discussed it in my blog here. Now one of the lovely results of this eruption is a series of volcanic sunrises and sunsets in Africa and other Southern Hemisphere locations as the high level aerosol layer reflects sunlight back when the sun is just below…
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The Florida Climate Institute has a page of FAQ’s (frequently asked questions) available on the topics of climate variability and climate change in Florida and the Southeast. While some of the answers are specific to Florida, many of them are applicable across the Southeast. You can find them at https://floridaclimateinstitute.org/resources/faqs#faqnoanchor. They also released a press statement…