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The annual climate summary for the US is now available and shows that for the Southeast as a whole as well as the states of Georgia and North Carolina, 2019 was the warmest year on record. Other states in the Southeast were in the top three warmest. Precipitation was in the middle third of all…
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Climate summaries are now available for North Carolina and for the Southeast US for 2019. You can read them at the links below. I will write a separate post on what the entire US summary shows. North Carolina Southeast Regional Climate Center
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Do you use the weekly US Drought Monitor in your work, or monitor it for changes in the drought status? Do you use it to help your producers get financial assistance when a severe drought hits? If so, you may be interested in this upcoming workshop on the US Drought Monitor, how it is put…
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The latest weekly ENSO outlook was released by NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center today and show that while the sea surface temperatures in the eastern Pacific Ocean are quite warm at the moment, neutral ENSO conditions are expected to continue through Northern Hemisphere winter (70% chance) and spring (65% chance). In neutral conditions there is no…
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As the climate gets warmer, floods become more frequent (and droughts too), and sea level also floods more land near the coast. Architect magazine posted an interesting story recently about how professional architects and city planners are looking at trends in flooding to plan future developments and plan for replacing current infrastructure like culverts. You…
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Even though news stories across the media are talking about the end of the decade and the start of a new decade, whether or not it is really the end of the decade is a matter of some debate. For climatologists, the next normal period of 1991-2020 is still a year from ending. Normal temperature…
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Occasionally I get asked about where to find calculators to determine climate footprints by teachers or farmers. Here are a few sites that can help provide estimates of your climate footprint. Note that these would not be sufficient for a producer who is trying to show a detailed evaluation, but they can serve as a…
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