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The World Meteorological Organization recently released its latest State of the World report. In it, it describes the carbon dioxide levels as the highest in 800,000 years and the annual average global temperature for 2024 as the highest since records began 175 years ago. An El Nino enhanced the warming caused by carbon dioxide and…
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Last week NOAA’s National Hurricane Center released the final report for Hurricane Helene. The report includes descriptions of the storm’s lifetime, including how it formed and where it went. There is a long section on weather records from the storm as well as a state-by-state description of the impacts from the storm and some representative…
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Earlier this week NOAA released their predictions for what the spring climate will be like. They are calling for dry conditions in the western US and warmer conditions over much of the continental US this spring. This could lead to the expansion of drought there as there is not likely to be enough precipitation to…
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The latest 7-day QPF map shows that a lot of the region will not get much rain this week. A front will move through the region on Monday but rain amounts will be fairly light except in Alabama, which could see higher accumulations. A second area of light rain is expected on Tuesday night into…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released earlier this week, shows that due to some fairly substantial rains there was improvement in dry conditions in many parts of the region. However, some minor increases in dry conditions were noted in north central GA, western NC, and in Florida. The Virgin Islands continue to be abnormally dry but…
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The expansive round of severe weather we had this week is a reminder that you should take time every year to prepare for extreme weather conditions, both for local severe weather and hurricanes. Preparation allows you to react more quickly to threatening conditions, allowing you to move to safety in time to maximize the chance…
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A look at the summary of climate information for March so far shows that nearly the entire region was warmer than normal, but precipitation was more varied. It was generally wetter than normal in places that would usually be fairly dry in a La Nina winter, which probably reflects how weak it is this year.
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