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Golfers who have played golf at Augusta National this week have noticed changes to the course related to Hurricane Helene. Augusta was hit very hard by winds on the right side of Helene and that has apparently caused severe tree loss on the course. These impacts have changed the way some holes can be played.…
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Today NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center announced that the La Nina which has been present since early January is now over and we are back to neutral conditions. This La Nina was very short-lived and was categorized as a weak La Nina which peaked in early February. It did have some impact on the winter climate…
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Back in February, Growing Produce published this story about the cost of extreme weather and drought to farmers across the country. I ran across it this week and thought it was worth mentioning here because it is the most comprehensive accounting of agricultural damage for the US as a whole. Note that the dataset they…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released this morning, shows improvement in the drought intensity this week due to the rain we got last weekend. However, this rain has provided only limited relief to the soil moisture in the top 100 cm and dry conditions continue in many areas below the surface layer. The rain tonight (Thursday…
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As I sit here at home on Sunday night, I can hear heavy rain falling outside my window. If you live in Alabama or western Georgia, you saw a lot of rain earlier today, and as of tonight it is now moving into the Carolinas and Virginia. Overnight and during the day on Monday, this…
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I grew up in Grand Rapids, MI, which always seemed to have gray skies, especially in the winter when winds from the west brought in lake effect cloud cover from Lake Michigan. But my memories are mild compared to life in this collection of cities around the world which are much cloudier than my home…
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I can’t recall whether I posted the proposed hurricane names for this year so here I go just in case. EarthSky posted a story about the names for this year here. The story includes some history about when hurricanes were first given names and what storm names were retired in 2024 (hint: there are three).…