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The latest 7-day QPF map shows that a lot of the upstate regions in the Southeastern states will get quite a bit of rain this week, especially nearer the end of the week. Several inches could be observed in some spots along the Appalachian Mountains. By comparison, Florida will be fairly dry for the next…
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A new study released earlier this week by Nature Communications shows that in recent years, hurricanes in the Atlantic have been strengthening more quickly than in previous decades, according to a study by a number of US hurricane experts. We saw that this past year with Hurricane Michael, which strengthened to a category 4 storm…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released yesterday, shows that the area of moderate D1 drought in Florida has shrunk again this week under the continuing influence of rainy conditions. The area of abnormally dry conditions has also decreased by 60 percent. No drought is present in any other states in the Southeast.
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AgWeb posted an interesting story this week about the increase in the use of drought-tolerant hybrids of corn in recent years. The first seeds with drought tolerance were made available in 2011 and the percent of corn acreage planted with the new hybrids has grown to over 20% since then. I expect to see this…
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The National Centers for Environmental Information are continuing to catch up from the government shutdown and provided their annual climate summary for 2018 for the United States this week. It shows that as a whole, the Southeast was much warmer than normal and was also much wetter than normal, with North Carolina and Virginia experiencing…
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NOAA’s Climate.gov provides a lot of interesting statistics on the climate. Thankfully, they are back after the shutdown! And even though this is an article from 2014, it still contains valuable information, including a map which shows the average coldest day of the year. While it’s a little hard to decipher the various shades of…
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The South Carolina State Climate Office released a new online map-journal today describing the impacts of Hurricane Florence on South Carolina after the storm made landfall in North Carolina. Very cool! You can check it out at https://scdnr.maps.arcgis.com/apps/MapJournal/index.html?appid=c2d63441bc974cadb52f0bed7528aae1.