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NOAA released their monthly climate report for the earth earlier this week. The report showed that this was the warmest July on earth since records began in 1880, 174 years ago. It was also the 4th consecutive month of global sea surface record temperatures. While the Southeast was not the hottest region of the world,…
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On Monday this week, I flew from Atlanta to Washington DC to attend a conference on soil moisture monitoring. My airplane was supposed to land at Reagan National Airport (DCA), but because of a tornado warning at the airport at our scheduled arrival, we flew around in circles for a while and then were diverted…
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The latest 7-day outlook for the Atlantic Ocean basin today shows that there are two potential areas for tropical storm development in waves that have recently come off of Africa or are about to move over the ocean. Neither of these will develop in the next couple of days but both have the potential to…
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The latest 7-day QPF map shown below indicates that while most of the Southeast will get some rain, amounts in areas north of the Fall Line will be quite light. The highest chance of rain in Alabama and northern Georgia this week will be today, Saturday, and then will diminish to near nothing by Monday.…
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NOAA released their August update on the prediction of the number of Atlantic tropical storms in 2023 this week. It shows an increase in the expected number of storms over their earlier May prediction. The probability of an above-normal season has increased from 30% to 60%. This is due in large part to the continued…
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This week’s Drought Monitor shows only small changes in drought status this week across the Southeast. There was a slight Sincrease in severe drought in Florida but otherwise not much change. There was no change at all in Puerto Rico this week. I don’t expect to see a lot of changes in next week’s map…
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The latest national climate summary for July 2023 is now available from NOAA. It shows that this past July was the 11th warmest since records began in 1895. Several states had their warmest Julys ever, including Florida. The US precipitation was in the middle third of all years. They also noted that there have been 15…
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