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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…
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The State Climate Office of North Carolina has released their climate summary for May 2015. You can find it at https://nc-climate.ncsu.edu/climateblog?id=135&h=5666e5c1.
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The early summary maps for May’s climate are now available at the High Plains Regional Climate Center site. They show that for most of the Southeast, precipitation was below normal, with the exception of the areas hit by Tropical Storm Ana in the eastern Carolinas and southeastern Alabama and southwestern Georgia. The lack of rain…
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Yahoo News had a couple of stories yesterday highlighting more problems with the continuing drought on the West Coast and impacts on agriculture. One story noted that California’s snowpack is already gone for the year, which means no more water coming down the rivers for irrigation until the next rainy season begins. Governor Brown has…
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Today is June 1, and that means the official start to the Atlantic hurricane season. Of course, this year we’ve already been visited by Tropical Storm Ana, which brought rain to the eastern Carolinas and some high surf along the coast. Quite a few other seasons had a storm before the “official” start date, so…
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Last week I talked about mesonets in general and listed several around the Southeast. Today I am going to focus on the Georgia Automated Environmental Monitoring Network (GAEMN). You can find them at https://www.georgiaweather.net. This is a network of 81 automated stations around Georgia run by the University of Georgia which collect weather data at…
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The Washington Post wrote earlier this week about the extremes in weather that have occurred around the globe in May. Scientists attribute the extremes at least in part to an unusually stationary jet stream which has locked in place, bringing torrential rain to Texas and Oklahoma and leaving other areas dry, including much of the…