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Today a new website dedicated to providing resources for dealing with extreme heat was introduced. It is Heat.gov and is a product of the National Integrated Heat Health Information System. I have not heard of this initiative before, but it seems to be similar to the National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS) that I work…
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Update: Video and slides now available at https://www.drought.gov/webinars/southeast-climate-monthly-webinar-july-26-2022. Join us for the Southeast Climate Monthly Webinar! These webinars provide the region’s stakeholders and interested parties with timely information on current and developing climate conditions such as drought, floods, and tropical storms, as well as climatic events like El Niño and La Niña. Speakers may also…
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The latest 7-day QPF map shows that rainfall amounts this week should be relatively light. The heaviest amounts will be in the Southern Appalachians, along the Carolina coast, and in the Florida peninsula. Some scattered showers may occur anywhere in the region, but they are not expected to amount to much. Meanwhile, the tropics remain…
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The latest ENSO forecast shows that the current La Nina is likely to continue to dominate the global weather through the end of the year. By then, neutral conditions are expected to take over and last for at least the next few months. Keep in mind that forecasts this time of year are not highly…
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The latest monthly and seasonal outlooks for temperature and precipitation were released today by NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center. It shows that for both the month of August and for the 3-month period from August through October, the outlook leans towards warmer than normal temperatures throughout the Southeast as well as wetter than normal conditions in…
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The rainier conditions this past week have helped continue to reduce the drought intensity and areal coverage across the Southeast, with many areas reverting back to no drought conditions where the rain was heaviest. This trend is expected to continue on next week’s map due to more rain falling this week. In Puerto Rico, there…
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The North Carolina State Climate Office is finishing up a series of blog posts that describe various aspects of their coastal areas, including one on coasts and agriculture. You can find them all, including the final one published on Thursday July 21, at https://climate.ncsu.edu/blog/category/climateblog/.