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The latest Drought Monitor, released today, shows an increase in moderate drought in central and southern Florida this week due to continued lack of rain and very hot temperatures. Dry conditions also expanded in central Alabama. In North Carolina and Virginia, dry conditions improved but were not quite eliminated this week. Puerto Rico continues to…
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As hurricane season approaches, many of you may be wondering how tropical storms and hurricanes form and what factors are important in determining when and where they develop as well as how they move. Here are a couple of articles that give good descriptions of how hurricanes form listed below. I have also included a…
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According to a recent story by Brad Haire in the Southeast Farm Press, compared with 30 years ago, pollen production has extended by about a month, starting about 20 days earlier and ending 10 days later. This makes life miserable for everyone with spring allergies but probably makes owners of car washes happy. The change…
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It’s a holiday weekend. Don’t forget the Monthly Climate Webinar to be held Tuesday May 28 at 10 am ET. Details and registration link below. Join us for the Southeast Climate Monthly Webinar! This webinar series provides the region with information on current and developing climate conditions such as drought, floods, and tropical storms, as…
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The latest 7-day QPF map shows that after the little low moves out of Georgia on Sunday, it should be relatively dry across the region for the next couple of days. By mid-week, a rainy system will drop quite a bit of rain across the northern parts of the region while leaving most of the…
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NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center issued their latest seasonal outlooks for this summer today. It shows that both temperature and precipitation are expected to be above normal for the June through August period. As a result, they are also predicting that the drought in Florida is likely to be removed later this year.
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Over the last couple of weeks, wildfires have flared up again in Canada, some apparently even from fires that got tamped down over winter but reignited again in the warmer spring weather. Smoke from these fires is now starting to appear across northern parts of the United States and could move farther south in the…