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As we go into the hottest part of the year, it is important to monitor conditions to make sure you are protecting yourself, your family, and your workers against heat illnesses. The North Carolina State Climate Office has produced a new map tool that shows how the wet bulb globe temperature (WBGT) is distributed across…
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There have been many impacts from the current exceptional drought in the Southeast. One that has not been mentioned until lately is the decrease in stream flows on many of the region’s rivers. Many water bodies, including reservoirs and farm ponds, have lost a lot of water due to the combination of no precipitation and…
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If you like literary discussions about weather and climate, you might enjoy this essay from Literary Hub on conversations about the weather and the words we use to describe it. It also describes how our conversations about the weather have changed over time. You can read it at https://lithub.com/what-we-talk-about-when-we-talk-about-the-weather/.
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NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center issued their latest ENSO outlook for the coming months earlier today. It shows that El Nino is likely to emerge in the May through July period and strengthen throughout the rest of this year, lasting into next winter. There is a chance that it could become a very strong event, although…
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Update: Video now available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUzEUnW4xtE&feature=youtu.be.Drought conditions cover most of the Southeast region causing significant impacts to agriculture, forestry, and water resources due to persistent dry conditions that date back to fall of 2025. This webinar will address the evolution of this drought, how it compares to previous events, sector-specific impacts across the region, state-level…
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Even though most of the Southeast is in drought, there have still been some recent locally-heavy rain events in the past week that have brought several inches of rain in a few hours to some parts of the region. What can this heavy rain do to recently-planted gardens? Here is an interesting article that describes…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released this morning, shows that there were minor improvements in drought across most of the region this week based on rainfall that occurred before Tuesday morning. It is likely that additional improvements may be seen on next week’s map from rain that fell after the cutoff time. Drought got worse in…
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