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The latest national climate summary for the US came out today. It shows that for the contiguous US it was the 13th warmest on record, but Alaska had its second warmest summer ever (it was beautiful when I visited in June, but the whole summer there has been much above normal in temperature and plagued…
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As a former National Weather Service employee (Office of Hydrology and Scientific Services Division), I have enormous respect for the work that my meteorology friends do on a daily and nightly basis to keep us safe from severe weather and to help us plan our daily lives by providing accurate weather forecasts. Some of them…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released this morning, shows very slight decreases in drought and abnormally dry conditions across the region. I expect that the next DM will show significant decreases in North Carolina, which is expected to get hit by Hurricane Dorian and is already feeling some effects of the wind and rain. South Carolina…
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Temperatures across most of Georgia in August 2019 were mostly warmer than normal. Precipitation varied quite a bit across the region, with some areas receiving rainfall 200 percent of normal while others received less than 50 percent of normal. In Atlanta, the monthly average temperature was 82.5 degrees F (3.1 degrees above normal), in Athens…
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Every time there is a drought, I am asked how the latest drought compares to the historical droughts of the 1930s and 1950s, which were terrible droughts that covered a substantial part of the US. Now there is a new popular paper which discusses the comparison between the early 21st century drought from 1998-2014 (which…
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The latest monthly climate summary for Florida is now available. You can find it at https://climatecenter.fsu.edu/images/flmonthly2019_08.pdf.
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Two weeks ago, the Atlantic tropic season was very slow and sleepy. Dorian was not even formed until August 24. What a change we are seeing now! Not only is Dorian making its way up the East Coast, but several other systems are in various stages of development right now. Tropical Storm Fernand was named…
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