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Today is the first day of climatological fall, which covers the period from September 1 through November 30. We should feel cool and pretty (at least relative to summer) temperatures for the next few days before the humidity returns this weekend. Enjoy it while you can!
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It’s still pretty early to see detailed assessments of damage caused by the wind, surge, and rain of Hurricane Ida, but a few stories have appeared in the press so far. Here are the ones I have seen in the last couple of days. Infrastructure used to store and transport grain is one of the…
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NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center produced their latest monthly outlook today for September 2021. It shows that a band of wet conditions is likely for a lot of the region but especially in Virginia and North Carolina. The temperature outlook only shows a slight trend towards cooler temperatures along part of the area with the most…
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As you know if you read this blog, the chance of going back into a La Nina later this year from our present neutral conditions is very high. Last year was also a La Nina winter, and while we expected it to be warmer than normal based on long-term statistics, it was the one out…
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I use the Midwestern Regional Climate Center’s website every week to obtain climate information for data requests I get or studies I am working on. This week the MRCC moved from Champaign IL to Purdue IN. It now has a new website at https://mrcc.purdue.edu. To use their CLI-MATE software, you do need to create a…
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According to an article this week in the Southeast Farm Press, this year’s weather in North Carolina has been almost perfect for growers. The corn crop is particularly good due to weather conditions early in the summer. The cotton is doing well but still needs some moisture before it is mature. Peanuts are also doing…
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Today Hurricane Ida made landfall in Louisiana around noon local time with winds of 150 mph, a storm surge up to 16 feet by at least one report, and torrential rains that could bring up to 20 inches of rain to the area. The winds, surge, and rain brought widespread damage to the area, with…