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March 2019 was near normal in temperature across the state, but almost all areas received much less than the normally expected rainfall, leading to an expansion in abnormally dry conditions in the southern half of the state as well as the introduction of some moderate drought in the southeast. A widespread severe weather outbreak on…
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The Tampa Bay Times reported this week that a large number of dead trees remaining on the ground following Hurricane Michael last year contributed to the spread of a wildfire near Panama City to almost 600 acres. Authorities note that because there is so much dead vegetation on the ground this year after the storm…
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The State Climate Office of North Carolina has released their latest monthly climate summary for March 2019. You can find it at https://climate.ncsu.edu/climateblog?id=281&h=5666e5c1.
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An article earlier this week in Fruit Growers News noted that peaches in South Carolina had dodged a bullet in the recent cold snap and were doing OK so far with mostly some light thinning. But the weather tonight could bring more potentially damaging cold air into the region, and it is still a few…
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The preliminary maps of temperature and precipitation departure for March 2019 are now available from the High Plains Regional Climate Center. They show that temperatures across the region were generally warmer than normal in most of Florida and Georgia as well as southeastern Alabama. The rest of the region was cooler than normal. An area…
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The strong low pressure system that caused so much damage to the central US had hurricane-force winds associated with it along with the snow and rain that led to massive flooding in northeastern Nebraska and surrounding areas. Normally high tunnel structures are not built strongly enough to survive those kinds of winds. But this article…
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The latest outlook for April 2019 was released today. It shows that the temperature for April leans towards warmer than normal values across the region. Precipitation leans slightly towards higher than normal rainfall in the southern half of the region but no clear indication exists in northern areas.
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