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While some rain is forecast for the Southeast in the next week, amounts will generally be light, particularly in the Florida peninsula where drought has been expanding in recent weeks. In Georgia and Alabama the heaviest amounts are expected in the northern counties of those states, which will help reduce drought conditions there.
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NOAA’s latest update on the forecast for El Niño indicates that there are still mixed signals about the likelihood of an El Niño developing later this year. One observation in favor of the development is the current strong warming right off the coast of Peru and Ecuador, which is causing problems with tremendous flooding in…
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Roger Gates, Extension ANR agent in Whitfield County, wrote me to ask for help in finding soil moisture data because he was struggling to fill out the soil moisture survey for the weekly Crop Progress and Condition Survey. I asked him if it would be OK to share his question and my answer because a…
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In the past I have watched and enjoyed the reality television show “Deadliest Catch”, which shows the life of Alaskan crab fishermen competing to get the most crabs in the limited harvest season. But in recent years, the ships have been forced to move farther north into more dangerous waters farther from their home harbors…
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I received word this week that some funding to support this blog has been awarded by the Southeast Regional Climate Hub (USDA) which will keep things running for the next year. We appreciate it! If you are interested in learning more about what they do, check out their web page at https://globalchange.ncsu.edu/serch/.
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With the return of drought conditions to parts of the Southeast, the number of wildfires is on the rise, especially in Florida. The fires are particularly bad in the southern part of the Florida peninsula where the drought is growing, but the fires are being seen in other parts of Florida as well as some…
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We’re almost halfway through April so let’s take a look at the monthly climate so far. The temperature departure maps shows that once again, the region is all warmer than normal, which has been the case for almost everywhere for the last 15 months or so. Rainfall has been above normal in many places but…
Posted in: Climate summaries