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Earlier this week I talked about Tropical Storm Henri and how it looked like it would stay out to sea in the Atlantic. But since then, the forecasts have changed and are creeping west and now there is a chance it could hit the Northeast US early next week, although the cone of uncertainty that…
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If you are interested in air quality information and weather data in North Carolina, this new website might be of use to you. The Ambient Information Reporter, or AIR, tool combines a wealth of statewide weather observations from the North Carolina ECONet and National Weather Service with air quality monitors and forecasts from the NCDAQ,…
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Here is a useful article for those of you who are home gardeners and are starting to think about planting fall crops. It’s from The Garden Professors blog, the other blog I contribute to. This one is written by John Porter of University of Nebraska Extension. He includes a map that shows fall frost dates…
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It’s probably not a surprise to anyone that a lot of the Southeast has continued to be cooler than normal this month so far due to rain and cloud cover. In fact, you can see that overnight minimum temperatures are a lot closer to normal than the daytime highs, which are down several degrees from…
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It’s Henri, the 8th storm of 2021! Henri formed today in the Atlantic near Bermuda and looks like it will do a big loop before heading back to the northeast. No threat to any of us here in the US other than perhaps a few waves on the coast. Meanwhile, Fred is moving north along…
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According to NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, “The July 2021 global surface temperature was 1.67°F (0.93°C) above the 20th-century average of 60.4°F (15.8°C) — the highest for July in the 142-year record. This value was only 0.02°F (0.01°C) higher than the previous record set in 2016, and tied in 2019 and 2020. The seven…
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Lots going on in the tropics today! Fred has regained its strength and is back to a tropical storm. Not too likely to become a hurricane, though, so the main impacts will continue to be gusty winds, a small chance of an isolated tornado, and lots of rain along and to the right of the…
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