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The center of TS Bill has hit the coast of Texas near Matagorda Island TX. Rain is extending far outside the immediate center of circulation and on radar you can see bands as far north as eastern OK and as far east as the bootheel of Louisiana. I love this streamline image from https://earth.nullschool.net/#current/wind/surface/level/orthographic=-97.36,28.39,1095–you can zoom…
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Earlier this week, NASA released its latest estimate for May and year-to-date global temperatures. The latest data show that for 2015 so far, the Earth is on pace to set a new record high temperature. This is due in part to the presence of the large pool of warmer than normal ocean temperatures in the…
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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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Since it is halfway through June, let’s take a look at how the region is stacking up so far. For the region as a whole, temperatures are running 1-2 degrees above normal and precipitation, 1-2 inches above normal. However, the final average temperature for the month is likely to rise since the current above normal…
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The National Hurricane Center reported today that a tropical disturbance off the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico is 80 percent likely to become a tropical depression in the next few days. This area, currently called Investigation 91L, is expect to strengthen over the warm Gulf of Mexico and could develop into a tropical depression and perhaps…
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Areas of the western US are looking for sources of additional water to help ease shortages caused by the continuing 4-year drought. Some scientists wondered if thinning the forests to reduce water use might improve water catches into reservoirs and increase water supply. However, as noted in this blog posting from the Southern Research Center…
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In this series of blog postings I’ve highlighted some of the different places you can get weather and climate data in the Southeast. Today I highlight FAWN, the Florida Automated Weather Network. FAWN’s home site is https://fawn.ifas.ufl.edu/ at the University of Florida. FAWN is a network of over 40 stations scattered across Florida which collect current…