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According to a recent New York Times article, a recent study in Geophysical Research Letters has shown that sea levels in parts of the Southeast are rising at six times the global average rise. Scientists have proposed a new mechanism for this oddity: Two large-scale atmospheric patterns had intersected to push up the water off the…
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Daniel Brouillette of the Florida Climate Center posted a report describing Tropical Storm Emily, which made landfall near Tampa Bay on July 31, 2017. It caused a small storm surge, gusty winds and heavy rains. You can read the details at https://climatecenter.fsu.edu/images/docs/TS_Emily_Fla_summary_2017.pdf.
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Texas Monthly posted a heartbreaking and poetic story about love and loss in the wildfires that swept Texas cattle country earlier this year. The dry conditions in western Texas caused several large fires that killed thousands of cattle and caused tremendous devastation to ranches across the area. The story has a good discussion of the…
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The latest ENSO forecast shows that neutral conditions are much more likely than either La Niña or El Niño conditions for the next few months. While it’s tough to predict this earlier in the year, usually by August we have a pretty good sense of where the ENSO system will go for the next few…
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The latest Drought Monitor released today shows no changes from last week, including the areas of abnormally dry conditions in Virginia and North and South Carolina.
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Clint Thompson of the University of Georgia published a report this week on the impacts of heavy rain in June on watermelon production. According to the story, “Georgia farmers had fewer opportunities to effectively harvest watermelons in June thanks to an increase in rain, but disease pressure is what truly led to lower yields in…
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NOAA released the national climate summary for July 2017 this week. It shows that this July was the 10th warmest in 123 years of record for the US. The year to date average temperature is the second warmest on record after 2012 at this time of year. It is also the seventh wettest year to…