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We are halfway through February, so I thought I would take a look at the climate so far this month. The temperature departure map shows that the southern half of the region is above normal for the month except for a few areas where the rain was the heaviest. This is what we would expect…
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For what may be the first time ever, winter storm warnings from the National Weather Service have been issued for every county in Texas. The big storm is slowly gathering strength and will bring ice, frigid weather, and heavy snow to a large part of the United States this week. In fact, there are really…
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With short days and lots of cloudy days, winter is the time of year when we are most likely to see Seasonal Affective Disorder, or SAD. With cloud cover over the Southeast this week, it could be a big factor in your bad mood. For Alabama and the western half of Georgia, January or February…
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The latest 7-day QPF forecast shows that abundant rain of up to several inches is expected everywhere in the Southeast this week except for the southern tip of Florida. Rain is likely to occur almost every day, leading to a lack of sunshine as clouds cover the region. That will keep daytime temperatures down but…
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The latest global climate summary for January 2021 is now available from NOAA. It shows that this was the 7th warmest January since the global record began in 1880. Some continents were near their warmest January on record, and the polar ice cover was lower than normal. You can read the summary at https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/news/global-climate-202101.
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Citrus is one of the new crops that farmers are experimenting with in Georgia. Cold-hardy varieties like satsuma are being planted in warmer parts of the state as a way to take advantage of the warming climate as well as to take advantage of local food markets. One of the issues with growing citrus is…
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The latest ENSO outlook was released by NOAA today. It shows that the current La Nina is expected to continue through the March-May period, then neutral conditions are likely to take over. There is now a hint that we could see La Nina return later in the year. Two years in a row of La…