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This week NOAA declared that the weak El Niño of 2019 is now officially over based on objective measurements in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. We are now considered to be in neutral conditions. NOAA expects this to continue for the next few months, with lower chances of El Niño recurring and even lower chances that…
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If you follow the weekly Drought Monitor, you know that drought is not equally spread across the entire US. Here’s an interesting article by Dr. Becky Bolinger, the Colorado Assistant State Climatologist, about how uneven drought has been across the country since the Drought Monitor started making maps in 2000. The winner in the Southeast:…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released this morning, shows that there were only slight changes to the drought in the Southeast this week. Some states slightly increased their areal coverage while others decreased, but overall the changes were very small. Based on the current rainfall forecasts, I expect that there may be some slight improvements in…
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While the Lower 48 states were about 1 degree F above the long-term average, Alaska was baking under unprecedented temperatures in July, according to the latest monthly climate summary from NOAA. By comparison, the Southeast was warmer than average in temperature and most of it was drier than normal in precipitation. You can read the…
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Temperatures across most of Georgia in July 2019 were warmer than normal across the state. Most areas of the state were also drier than normal, but Albany was just above normal and Alma was more than 2 inches wetter than normal, mainly due to heavy rain which occurred on July 4 and 5. In Atlanta,…
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The typical summer weather pattern is here and is expected to stay in the area for at least the next couple of weeks. This week looks relatively dry, especially in Georgia, but scattered daily showers and thunderstorms may hit some fields and miss others under weak steering currents, especially in week 2. By mid-month we…
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Summer rainfall can be highly variable in space and time. You’ve probably all seen a shaft of rain covering part of your town while bypassing other areas, or compared rainfall amounts with neighbors and found quite a difference from your own. If you are monitoring a county for rainfall amounts or have fields scattered over…