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Tropical Storm Debby was officially named this afternoon once tropical-storm force winds were detected by surface instrumentation. It is a wide storm that is not very organized at this point, so development will be limited until it pulls together more. The path of TS Debby is being consistently forecast by most computer models to make…
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The internet has been full of stories on agriculture and climate this week in addition to all of the stories about Tropical Storm Debby as it has developed over time. Here are a few that caught my eye. American Agriculturalist: Loss of animals hits hard (Vermont flooding impacts on poultry farm) Ambrook: Salting the earth…
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Over the course of the day Investigation 97L became Potential Tropical Cyclone 4 and is now Tropical Depression 4, indicating that it has an identifiable center of low pressure. The center is now just off the south coast of Cuba, and since it is over warm water instead of land it has a better chance…
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As expected, the disorganized mass of thunderstorms that recently developed in the Atlantic is becoming more organized and has been designated as Investigation 97L (likely to be called Debby once it forms). It has a 40% chance of becoming a named storm in the next two days and a 70% chance in the next week.…
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The latest Drought Monitor map, released today, shows that a lot of the region saw improvement in drought conditions due to the rainy conditions that occurred over much of the area. There are still a few areas of extreme drought where rain was more limited. More improvements are likely next week as we continue to…
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The National Hurricane Center is continuing to watch a pair of tropical waves moving west across the Atlantic for potential development later this week. The waves are expected to interact in an area of low Saharan dust and could form a named storm in early August as the season starts to ramp up. Since there…
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I enjoy reading stories describing the climate of different periods. This story from Smithsonian magazine discusses the types of plants that were present during the age of dinosaurs. It was interesting to me to read about how the asteroid impact that led to the end of the dinosaurs eventually led to the development of the…