The latest monthly climate summary for North Carolina covering November 2019 is now available. You can view it at http://climate.ncsu.edu/climateblog?id=306&h=5666e5c1.
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In the past, I worked for the National Weather Service on rainfall studies for dam-building out West, so I am always interested in stories about dams and especially about problems with dams. Here is an AP story that came out last week on how many dams in the US are…
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Morning Ag Clips posted a story last week on a new web site developed by the Georgia Forestry Commission to track the location of current wildfires across the state. The site details where each fire is occurring, how big it is, and what the status of the fire is. You…
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You might remember that Hurricane Maria crossed over the island of Puerto Rico in 2017, completely destroying much of the forested part of the territory. The amount of destruction there was just devastating, and the forest will probably not recover in our lifetime. If you are interested in learning more,…
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For climatologists, December 1 marks the first day of winter. We use the calendar months of December, January, and February for winter rather than the astronomical date starting later in December because they more reasonably approximate the coldest three-month period of the year (and in early years, made it much…
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I love to eat seafood, and shrimp is my favorite. Georgia shrimp are an important part of the food, culture and economy of the coast, but in recent years the catch has been threatened by a variety of things including black gill, a disease which does not affect the taste…
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The initial climate summary maps for November 2019 are now available from the High Plains Regional Climate Center and show that all of the Southeast except the Florida Peninsula was colder than normal. Rainfall varied quite a bit, with coastal Georgia and the Carolinas seeing wet conditions but most other…
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