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We’ve been watching the long-range forecasts for colder weather for a while now, and it looks like there is a good chance of frost and freezing weather for the next three days, with the coldest weather occurring on the morning of Tuesday, March 19. Freezing weather occurs when the temperature drops below 32 F and…
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The February global surface temperature was 2.52°F, making it the warmest February on record (since 1880) and the ninth consecutive month of record-high global temperatures. The December 2023 through February 2024 period was also the warmest on record. Sea ice coverage was the 4th lowest. Global tropical cyclone activity was above average, but only two…
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Ferocious storms can churn up a lot of coastal terrain, and sometimes very strange things are found, like buried forests from the asteroid that caused the end of the age of dinosaurs 66 million years ago. Another of these events occurred in New Zealand with Cyclone Gabrielle, which hit the North Island along with Vanuatu…
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The latest 7-day QPF map shows that most of the rain in the region this week will be near the Gulf or East Coast (including all of Florida). There will be a dry spell in the middle of the week before the next storm approaches. There is a chance of frost or freezing weather on…
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NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center issued their latest ENSO advisory today. It shows that while there is still a strong El Nino present in the ocean, it is rapidly decaying and the models now suggest that it will be back in neutral conditions by the April through June period (83% chance). A swing to La Nina…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released this morning, shows more improvements in drought and abnormally dry conditions in eastern North Carolina and north and south Alabama today due to recent rains. Puerto Rico also experienced a reduction in the area of abnormally dry conditions although their moderate (D1) drought area did not change. Most rain in…
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We are continuing to watch the El Nino begin to fade away in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, although there is still plenty of warm water there. Last year, while El Nino was growing, the strong jet kept most of the tropical storm development out over the very warm Atlantic Ocean, although we still experienced some…