Today NOAA released their monthly summary for the global climate for January 2022. It shows that this past January was the 6th warmest since global records began in 1880. The Southeast was relatively close to average compared to many other parts of the globe. It would have been much warmer…
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In spite of the cold temperatures that occurred as far south as central Florida on January 30, most fruit growers experienced less severe conditions than they expected. Here is a story about Florida strawberry growers and how they weathered the cold conditions at ‘Resilient’ Strawberry Growers Continue Season Following Freeze…
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I spend a lot of time looking at the potential impacts of future climate on the Southeast. But I also read about what is happening in other parts of the world. Here is an interesting story from Alaska about how getting rain on top of snow is affecting the ecosystem,…
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The latest 7-day QPF map shows that most parts of the Southeast will get at least an inch of rain except for the Florida Peninsula. For timing, the next few days should be dry for most areas except Virginia and along the immediate coast, with the bulk of the rain…
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Happily, we are not in a drought in most of the Southeast right now, but sooner or later we will go into another one? Will it be this year? Too early to say. But here’s some new research that looks at the impacts of tropical storm rainfall on droughts in…
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NOAA released their latest ENSO outlook today. It shows that the current La Nina is expected to last through spring and should transition to neutral conditions this summer. Their latest forecast differs somewhat from last month’s in that they have lowered the chances of going into an El Nino later…
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Register now for March 1 & 2! No cost to attend. These technical workshops will explore flash drought and soil moisture in the Southeast context. The focus is on information-sharing among those active in flash drought or soil moisture monitoring, research, and applications development, although the meetings are open to all…
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