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The Washington Post had an intriguing article this week on the role that Arctic soils may play in greenhouse warming. Temperatures in polar regions, particularly in the Northern Hemisphere, are increasing much faster than in other parts of the world due to changes in land cover and the switch from snow and ice to bare…
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The climate summary for March 2015 for Florida is now available. You can find it at https://climatecenter.fsu.edu/products-services/summaries/climate-summary-for-florida-march-2015.
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The Southeast Regional Climate Center provided a map of the ranking of monthly precipitation anomalies for selected stations in the Southeast using their Perspectives tool this week. The map is shown below. It shows that at numerous stations around the Southeast, the monthly total precipitation in March 2015 was ranked in the top ten driest,…
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If you follow the popular news, you will know that there has been a big story in last couple of weeks contending that public officials in Florida are being prevented from using the words “climate change” in their official communication. Today the Florida Climate Institute issued a statement about this controversy and the concern that…
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Starting April 1, 2015, the National Weather Service in approximately half their offices around the country will issue severe weather warnings with new impact-based language included in the warning. The traditional language used for tornado and severe thunderstorm warnings will be supplemented by additional phrases such as “this is a particularly dangerous storm” when conditions…
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For the first time since official records began in 1950, not a single tornado was reported in the Southeast in the month of March. In fact, there was very little severe weather across the entire region until the last day of the month, when strong winds and hail hit several areas in the region. You…
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The State Climate Office of North Carolina released their climate summary for March earlier today. You can find it at https://nc-climate.ncsu.edu/climateblog?id=129&h=5666e5c1.
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