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April is the month when we celebrate Earth Day on April 22. In preparation for this, Extension has put together a list of resources that anyone can use to provide education on earth sciences. A lot of the references have to do with weather and climate and might be of use and interest to the…
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While we here in the Southeast are used to severe weather in every month of the year, this year is shaping up to be a big year for severe weather in the middle part of the country. The number of tornadoes that have occurred this year is one of the highest on record for the…
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The latest monthly climate report for the United States was released today by NOAA. It shows that for the first three months of the year, the average temperature for five of the Southeastern states was the warmest since records began in 1895. Alabama just missed out with the second warmest on record. Precipitation was near…
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Do you use weather apps to get your local forecast or to track severe weather or rain for planning purposes? Do you sometimes get frustrated when they are not accurate? I don’t use most of them often except for radar apps, since I spend most of my time at a computer and can access the…
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National Integrated Drought Information SystemDrought.gov The National Flash Drought Forum will be held in Boulder CO on May 2-4, 2023. It will provide background into the causes and detection of flash drought from a variety of perspectives around the country. As you may recall, flash drought is a rapid-onset event that often occurs with little…
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The North Carolina State Climate Office posted their latest monthly climate summary for March 2023 on their blog site earlier this week. You can find it at the link below. Overall, they were quite a bit drier than normal, so it is not surprising that drought expanded across the eastern part of the state. A…
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What a miserable day Saturday was for a large part of the region! It rained all day in Athens starting just after my CoCoRaHS observation at 7 am, and they finally called off the Masters Tournament in Augusta shortly after 3 pm after a sodden end to the second round and start of the 3rd…
Posted in: Climate outlooks