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With the start of fall, many of us start to think about trees changing color and where to see their glory. Weather always plays a factor in how the colors look in any given year, and this year is no exception. Colors in the Northeast are expected to be great, according to this post at…
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The most recent quarterly climate summary for Summer 2018 is now available from the Southeastern Regional Climate Center. You can find it at https://www.sercc.com/SoutheastRegionQuarterlyReportSummer2018.pdf.
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The Southeast Farm Press posted a story earlier this week about what flyovers of the area affected by Hurricane Florence are showing for farmers in southeastern North Carolina, and it’s not pretty. The heaviest flooding is hitting just where agricultural production is the most concentrated, causing potentially huge losses for farmers there. This is just…
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In the latest Climate.gov blog post for “Beyond the Data”, Deke Arndt explains how increases in temperature can lead to both increases in flooding rains and in warmer overnight temperatures. As the temperature goes up, so does the humidity, and that provides fuel for torrential rains as well as keeping the evening temperatures from falling.…
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Recently we passed the 1-year anniversary of Hurricane Maria’s devastating passage across Puerto Rico. The number of deaths from the storm, many after the storm passed, has recently been updated to almost 3,000 deaths, including many who died afterwards from lack of electricity to run medical devices, heat, diseases, and lack of water. Time magazine…
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The water from Hurricane Florence’s rainfall is still rising in streams, causing major problems for coastal communities and agricultural producers in southeastern North Carolina and in parts of South Carolina. By some estimates, over 3 million animals have died, mainly hogs, turkeys and chickens in production farms. Estimated losses from all causes are over $38…
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Tonight we will officially begin astronomical fall (remember that climatological fall started on September 1). EarthSky.org has some information about the equinox here.