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The National Hurricane Center is showing an area of 20% chance of development in the Main Development Region of the Atlantic Ocean along the Intertropical Convergence Zone, a line of thunderstorms that is often found north of the equator this time of year. The NHC gives the area of disturbed weather just a 20% chance…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released earlier this week, shows that drought and abnormally dry conditions decreased this week in Florida due to the rain that moved through this week, particularly northern Florida with Investigation 93. The severe (D3) drought in South Florida continues but other areas have shrunk in area this week. In Puerto Rico,…
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The area of disturbed weather that formed off the Southeast Coast earlier this week has traversed the Florida Peninsula and moved westward along the northern Gulf Coast, but never found the warm water and atmospheric support to develop into a named storm. It is now moving inland to the north and there is no further…
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We are halfway through July 2025 so let’s take a quick look at the climate for the month so far. The temperature map shows quite a bit of variation in temperature across the region, with many areas above normal in temperature but a significant area with cooler than normal temperature. Rainfall is generally within 2…
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In news this week, it was reported that NASA as well as other government websites will no longer provide copies of the National Climate Assessments that are produced every four years at the request of Congress. I was an author of the Southeast chapter of NCA5. The group of authors that was starting to work…
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This week a new area of disturbed weather formed in the Atlantic Ocean southeast of our region. It has some thunderstorms but there is no closed low or much of a circulation at this point. The area is expected to move gradually westward over the next few days and will drop quite a bit of…
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Here in this blog, we don’t just talk about the impacts of climate on agriculture (or vice versa). We also share information about how climate may have affected other aspects of society. This story from Atlas Obscura describes how languages developed “soft” or “loud” sounding words depending on what the prevailing climate of the people…
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