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Modern Farmer has an article this week talking about palm trees and their association with tropical weather. Palms actually do well in a variety of climate conditions, but don’t do well with freezing temperatures. Scientists have noted that the range of common palm varieties is creeping northward with warmer temperatures, but as long as they…
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The State Climate Office of North Carolina has released their recap of the winter of 2017-2018. You can find it at https://climate.ncsu.edu/climateblog?id=256&h=5666e5c1.
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If I am asked if I like the mountains or the beach better, I will choose the ocean every time. So I was excited to see this new series of photos of ocean waves in stormy conditions. You can read about the artist and see some of the images at Atlas Obscura at https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/sea-wave-photos-during-a-storm.
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Hourly weather forecasts are something that you might find useful in planning your work week or watching for the possibility of frost (or extreme heat in the summer). You can use your local television forecast or a smartphone app to get forecasts, but they don’t always show the forecast right at your location. Here is…
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I love maps and was excited to discover this new mapping tool that allows you to look at climate diversity and change over time across the globe. It was designed by a University of Cincinnati professor and is interactive. You may want to look at the manual (red box at top right) to get the…
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A new study linking extreme winter weather in the U.S. East with a warmer Arctic has drawn fire from some global warming skeptics. Some argue the record is too short to make good conclusions, and others say that correlation is not the same as causation. How do we know if this study is accurate? Are…
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The latest 7-day QPF map shows that heavy rain will continue to fall in the northwestern parts of the region including northern Alabama, northwest Georgia and the western Carolinas and Virginia while largely skipping the Florida peninsula and the Atlantic coast. This could cause drought conditions in the already dry areas there to expand in…
Posted in: Climate outlooks