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For those of you in the know, today is the first day of meteorological spring, although it certainly has felt like spring for most of the last month. Enjoy the warmer weather and remember that spring is the most likely season for severe weather in the Southeast, although it can and does happen every month…
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March is the traditional month for recruiting new volunteer precipitation observers to the Community Collaborative Rain Hail and Snow Network, usually called CoCoRaHS. Every year they run a contest to see which state can recruit the most new observers. Usually North Carolina leads the Southeast, followed by Florida, while other states like Georgia lag behind.…
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The latest Drought Monitor released this morning shows only slight changes in drought across the Southeast this week. Moderate drought was removed from a small portion of central Alabama while it expanded slightly in central Georgia. South Florida saw an expansion in abnormally dry conditions. The rest of the region saw no changes. With some…
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The preliminary maps for February 2018’s climate show that most of the region experienced temperatures of roughly ten degrees F above normal. This far surpassed the previous records at many stations, most of which were set in the past few years. Quite a contrast from January! Precipitation was below average in the Florida peninsula and…
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The Climate Prediction Center released their latest outlook for March 2018 today. It shows that drought is likely to expand along the southeast coast of Georgia as well as the Florida peninsula. This is likely due to the combination of lower than normal precipitation expected along with a slightly increased chance of above normal temperatures…
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With just a couple of days to go until the end of the winter season, it’s pretty clear that in spite of some very cold weather, the warm conditions in early December and in most of February are going to result in warmer and drier conditions for the winter, just as we expected with La…
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If you’ve been following international news lately, you know that Cape Town, South Africa, is about to run out of water after several years of a devastating drought. They have been undergoing significant water rationing and even so, are expected to run out of water by July 7. This is a huge city and it…