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Predictions for the eventual strength of the developing El Nino are heating up even more than the water off the coast of Peru and Ecuador. Bill Patzert, a climatologist with NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in La Cañada Flintridge, says it could be a “Godzilla,” surpassing the record-setting event in 1997-98, according to this NPR story.…
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There are promos out for a new reality television show on TBS called “America’s Next Weatherman.” Meteorologists (I know many, am married to one, and am one myself) are generally troubled by the premise of the show. In general, the show asks a handful of weather enthusiasts to perform wacky stunts in order to compete for…
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A number of people have remarked to me here in Athens that this summer has been very nice. Temperatures have not been too hot and we have had some rain, although there have also been dry spells. The thermograph for Athens shows the daily variation in temperature below. Note that yesterday, August 12, was almost…
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The Southeast Climate Consortium is one of the supporting groups for this blog. Their latest newsletter and annual report are now available at https://myemail.constantcontact.com/SECC-August-Newsletter.html?soid=1117952244155&aid=R-LMWpATt88 and https://www.seclimate.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/SECC-RISA-Annual-Report-2015.pdf. You can read about recent resources on climate and agriculture such as educational videos as well as research findings in the report.
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Do you know who to call in your state in case of extreme weather emergency? NOAA has compiled handy lists of phone numbers and contact information for each state (and some smaller regions). You can find links to all of them at https://www.ncddc.noaa.gov/activities/weather-ready-nation/newis/. Thank you, NOAA!
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The State Climate Office of North Carolina has a blog on a variety of topics related to climate in the Southeast. Today’s entry describes some research that their students are doing on the measurement of drought. One of the new products under development is a Standardized Precipitation Evapotranspiration Index (SPEI) which will include the impacts…
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The National Weather Service provided a one-page summary of PoP (“probability of precipitation”) forecasting today that is a good summary of this statistic. It is important to keep in mind that forecasts are always made for a specific time period and a specific area over which the PoP forecast is valid. “Probability of precipitation” is what…