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As the climate gets warmer and perhaps wetter, we need to have buildings that can withstand those conditions. In the Southeast, we also need infrastructure that can stand up to rising sea levels and the potential for higher winds from hurricanes. Popular Science posted a story this week which discusses some of the changes that…
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The Weather Channel posted a story this morning showing the best 15 satellite images that they saw this year. They are really amazing! You probably remember some of them. Check them out at https://weather.com/news/news/2018-12-12-amazing-weather-images-satellite-radar-2018. The picture I have posted here is not one of them, but I think it’s pretty cool too.
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CNN reported this week that eight different states are expected to have their rainiest year on record, based on the precipitation they have already received this year with just two weeks to go. This includes parts of the Southeast as well as the Northeast. The map shows individual stations that are breaking their all-time annual…
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While forecasts more than two weeks ahead are not always accurate, there are growing signs of a shift in the global climate pattern that could bring much cooler air to the Eastern US in January. The shift is related to projected changes in the strength and orientation of a band of high-altitude winds that make…
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The latest monthly climate summary for the globe was released today by NOAA, and it shows that this November was the 5th warmest since records began in 1880. For the year to date, it is the 4th warmest, and for the September through November period, it was the second warmest on record. In November, the…
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Changes in temperature in the Southeast over the last 100 years or so have been relatively small, especially compared to other parts of the US and the world. That has led to what we call a “warming hole” in the Southeast that gives people here the impression that global temperatures are not increasing, even though…
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EarthSky noted that NOAA’s latest Arctic Report Card was released this week. This year’s report shows that the Arctic region experienced the 2nd-warmest air temperatures ever recorded, the 2nd-lowest overall sea-ice coverage, and lowest recorded winter ice in the Bering Sea. You can read more and watch a video news story about it here.
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