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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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Those speedy folks at the State Climate Office of North Carolina have posted their monthly climate summary for August 2019 while the rest of us are mesmerized by Hurricane Dorian. You can read it, along with info on Dorian and its possible impacts on North Carolina, at https://climate.ncsu.edu/climateblog?id=291.
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With Hurricane Dorian intensifying and forecast to impact Florida and other areas of the southeast US in the next week, the USDA Southeast Climate Hub has consolidated the following resources for agriculture, aquaculture, and forestry, to help producers prepare for and recover from potential hurricane impacts. Note that many of these are drafts and they…
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As of 11 pm on Labor Day night, Hurricane Dorian is sitting and spinning with virtually no movement. It’s been that way for most of the day, and the center of the eye has moved only about 40 miles the entire day, which gives it an average forward speed of less than 2 mph. While…
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As you might expect, I’ve had a lot of questions about hurricanes this week. Mostly they have been about Hurricane Dorian (I’ll post more about that in a minute), but some have been about hurricanes in general. One question I’ve gotten is whether hurricanes are affected by our warming climate. The answer is more complicated…