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The latest ENSO discussion from NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center shows a continuation of the trend we’ve seen in the last few months from La Nina conditions to neutral conditions. The latest outlook shows that La Nina is likely to end within the next month or two, swinging into neutral conditions for most of the spring…
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According to NBC News and reposted by Yahoo News, “natural disasters forced an estimated 3.4 million people in the U.S. to leave their homes in 2022, according to Census Bureau data collected earlier this year, underscoring how climate-related weather events are already changing American communities.” Storms like Hurricane Ian displaced the most people, with floods,…
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Farmers are continuing to identify more impacts of the freeze in late December as plants struggle to survive. It will likely be months before all of the damage is known, especially on citrus and other fruit trees. Here are some recent stories from Specialty Crop Industry on how the freeze affected several crops. South Georgia…
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The latest 7-day QPF map shows that most of the region will receive quite a bit of rain this week. The first round will come this weekend, with a respite in the middle of the week before the next round begins. Some areas will see several inches of rain. The exception is the Florida peninsula,…
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Earlier this week NOAA released their monthly climate summary for the United States for January 2023. It shows that due to nine atmospheric river events (!) in late December and in January, parts of the California and other western states reported record rainfall. Meanwhile, most of the eastern US had much warmer than normal temperatures,…
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In this blog, we often talk about the impact of El Nino and La Nina on the climate patterns in the Southeast. We are still in a La Nina, but after three years, it is expected to change fairly quickly to the opposite phase, El Nino (60% likelihood). With the shift, we could see an…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released today, shows some reduction in drought and dry conditions this week in eastern North Carolina and adjoining areas. However, the area of severe (D2) drought in northwestern Florida did expand slightly. Rain in the next week should further improve drought conditions in most of the region except southern Florida.
Posted in: Drought