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A major weather or climate disaster like floods, wildfires or drought can affect tourism into the area for months after the event ends. We saw this in 2016 in the Southeast with the wildfires in the southern Appalachians, where visits to Gatlinburg TN and the Great Smoky Mountains National Park were reduced by peoples’ perceptions…
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Rain the past week has improved drought conditions in northern Florida but severe drought expanded in southeastern Georgia and has now extended into the far southern tip of South Carolina according to the latest Drought Monitor released today. Moderate drought has also expanded in southern Florida due to the lack of rain there.
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Weather and climate are frequently in the news. I tend not to talk much about current weather because it changes faster than this blog, although I occasionally mention upcoming frost or tropical storm events. On the longer term, there are some interesting stories around that are informative or entertaining to read. Here are a few…
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The latest summary of global climate was released by NOAA this week. It covers both February and the winter period from December 2017 through February 2018. The data show that for the globe as a whole in February, it was the coolest since 2014 but the 11th warmest since records began in 1880. The winter…
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The Southeast Regional Climate Center has published their latest seasonal climate summary for the Southeast. You can view the two-page fact sheet at https://www.sercc.com/Southeast_Region_Quarterly_Report_Winter_2017_2018.pdf.
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Even though spring is already almost three weeks old for climatologists, today is the official start of astronomical spring. EarthSky has a good story about the March equinox (which means “equal night”). You can read it here. They have a second story about whether days and nights are equal at the equinox here. (Spoiler alert–they…
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On Tuesday, March 20, at 11:00 am EDT I am giving a webinar/training class to UGA extension agents which includes a climate summary for 2017 and an outlook for the 2018 growing season. If you are interested, you are welcome to join the Zoom meeting by computer or telephone. Details for attending the meeting are…