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NOAA has recently released a new technical report describing the rises in sea level to be expected over the next 30 years. The report describes how quickly the sea level is rising at various places along the US Coast and provides links to a website that allows you to view sea level rise projections for…
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While we have been fairly wet here in the Southeast, in many other parts of the world they are experiencing much drier conditions and drought. Here is a story from Morning Ag Clips discussing the impacts of severe drought on crops in Spain and Portugal. I was surprised to read that there has been almost…
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We are halfway through February 2022, so it’s time to take a quick look at how the month is shaking out climatologically so far. For most of the Southeast, temperatures have been above normal. The exceptions are parts of western Alabama, southern Georgia, and most of Florida. Precipitation has been mostly lower than normal other…
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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 except for the extensive band…
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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 – Specialty Crop Industry.
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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, for example, making it harder…
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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 falling later in the week…
Posted in: Climate outlooks