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The latest monthly climate summaries for February 2020 are now available from the Southeastern Regional Climate Center and for NOAA. The NOAA report also includes a summary for the winter of 2019-2020. You can access them at the links below. SERCC: https://sercc.com/SoutheastRegionMonthlyClimateReportFebruary2020.pdf NOAA: https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/news/national-climate-202002
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I have spent the last two days driving through southwestern Georgia, where rivers are flooding and the damage from Hurricane Michael is still visible all around that part of the state. After seeing all of the evidence of extreme weather and the horrific pictures of the damage caused by the Nashville tornado earlier this week,…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released today, shows small improvements in dry conditions in the Florida Panhandle and the removal of abnormally dry conditions altogether from Georgia and an expansion of abnormally dry conditions in central Florida, which has largely been missed by rain. With little rain expected there in the next week, we could see…
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A new webinar series is beginning next week on Tuesday, March 10 at 10 am ET/ 9 am CT. It will cover topics related to the current Southeast Climate (more information below). Information on how to register is listed below. I won’t be able to attend this one due to travel, but am hoping to…
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Our friends at the North Carolina Climate Office post a monthly climate summary of what has gone on in their state. The latest one, for February 2020, is now available at https://climate.ncsu.edu/climateblog?id=311&h=5666e5c1 . Check it out!
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Farmers face many threats from the environment, from pests and diseases to extreme weather. The Daily Tar Heel described some of the new challenges agricultural producers are facing from the changing climate and how it is affecting their blueberries and other crops in this article posted last week. Farmers in other Southeastern states will understand…
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In the Southeast, changes in land use from bare ground croplands to forests are thought to be one of the contributing factors to the cooling that Georgia and other Southeastern states saw in the period from roughly the 1940’s to the 1970’s. Now a similar land use change in western Europe is leading to cooler…