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For those of you who like to read about the intricacies of the atmosphere, you may be interested in taking a look at NOAA’s new Polar Vortex Blog. Like the ENSO blog, it will go into depth about how the Polar Vortex is affecting our local weather. This time of year the Polar Vortex can…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released this morning, shows that recent rain reduced the drought in Alabama, Georgia, and Florida but the drier conditions in the northern part of the region resulted in slight increases in drought there. Puerto Rico also saw an increase in drought from last week. Northern parts of the Southeast should see…
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Webinar Wednesday December 5 at 12:00 ET on Southeast Chapter of the 5th National Climate Assessment
If you have time on Wednesday, December 5 at noon Eastern Time, you might be interested in attending a webinar on the Southeast chapter of the 5th National Climate Assessment. In this 1-hour webinar, you can learn about the key messages of the chapter and how climate change is affecting the Southeast in several different…
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The latest monthly climate summary for November 2023 is now available from the North Carolina State Climate Office. It includes a look at the very dry conditions they have experienced and how it has increased the drought in the state. You can read more at A Dry Start to November Lets Drought Deepen – North…
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The latest monthly climate summary for November 2023 shows that a lot of the region was warmer than normal. Most of Virginia and eastern North Carolina were cooler than normal, as were southern Alabama and SW Georgia. Most of the region except for Florida was also drier than normal, with significant parts receiving less than…
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One of the concerns that climatologists have about trends in warming is the worry that we are not doing enough now to minimize the warming we are likely to see in the future. For every degree that our temperature rises, impacts are likely to increase by a larger amount. That’s why it is important for…
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I was disappointed that we did not get more rain this weekend. A lot of Georgia was very dry in November, and we were hopeful that we would get a couple of inches of rain in northern Georgia to help alleviate some of the drought there. But most of the rain was confined to the…
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