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While snow is not currently on the forecast map for Georgia and the rest of the Southeast, it is likely that some of us will see snow this winter, especially since neutral winters tend to have lots of ups and downs. If you like to measure snow or wonder about the accuracy of historical snow…
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The latest installment of the North Carolina Climate Office’s review of the last decade of weather and climate is now available at https://climate.ncsu.edu/climateblog?id=307#2013.
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The latest Drought Monitor, released this morning, shows that there were slight expansions in moderate drought in Alabama and Florida but very little change in the rest of the region. With ample rain expected in most of the Southeast this week other than the Florida peninsula, we could see further reductions on next week’s map.
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The latest outlook for El Niño was released this morning by NOAA. It shows that ENSO conditions are currently neutral and are expected to remain so for at least the first half of 2020. In the Southeast neutral winters generally have more swings in temperature between warm and cold episodes because there is less influence…
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NOAA released a report earlier this week on how the Arctic is changing over time. Many of the changes are drastic and are occurring faster than expected due to the warming climate. You can read more about the report card and find a link to the study here. They also have a video report with…
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The North Carolina Climate Office is launching a series of blog posts which describe each year in the past decade as the decade comes to a close (at least if you define the decade as 2010-2019). You can read the first one on 2010 at https://climate.ncsu.edu/climateblog?id=307&h=5666e5c1.
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In current climate news around the world, one of the biggest has been the continuing intense bush fires that have plagued eastern Australia, decimating the wild habitat of koalas and bringing thick smoke to Sydney and other coastal cities. The fires, like our fires in the Southeast in 2016, were driven in part by extreme…