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This afternoon the disturbance in the Gulf of Mexico reached tropical storm status and was named Arlene. The path of Arlene continues to show a southward drift, but it is expected to curve to the northeast over the open water between Florida and Cuba before skirting the southeast Florida coast and head out to sea.…
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What do you do to prepare for hurricane season? Do you take an inventory of your belongings? Purchase flood insurance? Plan where to evacuate in case the storm comes right over your location? If you are like many Floridians, according to a recent AAA poll, you do none of the above. In fact, you probably…
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Here’s a webinar you will want to watch if you can. David Zierden, the Florida State Climatologist, is giving a webinar on weather and climate threats in the Southeast, especially as they apply to agriculture and climate variability. It will be on Zoom on Tuesday, June 6 at 11:00 AM. Description of webinar: Climate trends…
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June 1 is the first day of climatological summer, which includes the months of June, July, and August. Climatologists use calendar months for seasons to make calculations of averages a little easier and to compare more easily with past historical records, which were calculated by hand before electronic calculators were available. Hope it’s a great…
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The disturbance in the Gulf of Mexico today organized enough to be called Tropical Depression 2, but winds are not yet strong enough for it to be a named storm. If you live in the Florida Panhandle, southern Alabama or SW Georgia, you might have seen some high clouds from the storm’s circulation today. If…
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The updated monthly climate outlook for June 2023 was released earlier this week by NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center. The maps show that for almost all of the region there is no lean towards warmer or colder and wetter or drier conditions this month. That means we have equal chances of near, above, and below normal…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released today, shows that extreme (D3) drought is now gone from the western coast of Florida, although severe drought remains. In Virginia, moderate (D1) drought expanded along the northern border. In other areas there was a slight decrease in abnormally dry (D0) conditions. Rain in the coming week due to the…
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