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The dry conditions we have seen over the last few weeks remained in place through the Drought Monitor map cutoff on Tuesday. This resulted in widespread increases in the amount of area covered by abnormally dry (D0) and moderate drought (D1). A small area of severe drought (D2) was introduced to the northwestern part of…
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The State Climate Office of North Carolina released their winter summary this week. You can read all the snowy details at their blog at https://climate.ncsu.edu/blog/2022/03/winter-recap-2021-22-warm-weather-prevails/.
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The latest monthly and seasonal climate summary for the United States was released today by NOAA. The maps show that February was quite a bit warmer than normal across the Southeast with dry conditions across most of the region. For the winter, we saw a very typical La Nina pattern, with drier than normal conditions…
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If you missed today’s webinar on Southeast climate, never fear! You can read a summary and find a link to the recording at Southeast Climate Monthly Webinar: March 8, 2022 | Drought.gov. Be sure to watch the special presentation on the CoCoRaHS network, which is in its March Madness annual recruiting period. These webinars are…
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The recently released report on rising sea levels provides ample cause for concern along the Gulf coast. It’s not just rising sea levels that are causing problems, though. It is also heavier rains from hurricanes, toxic red tides caused in part by drainage of agricultural chemicals off of lands far upstream of the Mississippi delta,…
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The Weather Channel had an interesting story this weekend about two wildfires that burned in the Florida Panhandle last week. The fires were attributed to dry, windy conditions combined with abundant fuel that was composed of downed trees and debris left over from Hurricane Michael in 2018. You may recall that Michael made landfall near…
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The latest monthly climate summary for February 2022 for North Carolina was released earlier this week. You can find it on their blog at Spring Sneaks In and the Coast Dries Out in February – North Carolina State Climate Office (ncsu.edu).
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