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As part of their series of graphs of global average temperatures, NOAA produces this one below which shows the temperature anomalies by ENSO phase. As expected the graph shows that El Niño year (in red) tend to be the warmest because of the large expanse of above-normal sea surface temperatures across the eastern Pacific Ocean…
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This week’s Drought Monitor shows no big changes in most of the Southeast, with just a small area of abnormally dry conditions remaining in eastern Georgia. There was some expansion of abnormally dry conditions in Virginia in the northern part of our region, but no drought at this time. The Climate Prediction Center indicates no…
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Food & Wine magazine posted an interesting story today about some recent research by Australian scientists which they claim shows that feeding cattle a diet with seaweed in it (as little as 2% is the claim) the methane output from the cows is significantly reduced. Since Ireland is an island surrounded by the sea, Irish…
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Every once in a while I get asked where the term “dog days of summer” comes from. I’ve posted in the past about it here. But Weather Underground also had a story about it today as well, so they must also get asked. You can read their story at https://www.wunderground.com/news/dog-days-of-summer. Hope you find someplace to keep…
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Climate outlook for August and next three months shows increased chance of above-normal temperatures
NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center released their latest monthly and three-month outlooks for the US. They show that for both August and the August through October period, temperatures have an increased chance of being above normal, although of course normal and below normal conditions are possible although less likely. Precipitation for both August and Aug-Oct are…
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I love to look at pictures of nature, with or without clouds, and these photos of abstract desert landscapes by Luca Tombolini are spectacular! You can view several of them at Atlas Obscura at the link here.
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This year’s count of four named systems is about a month ahead of the normal number. What is even more interesting is that three of the four storms developed in the main Atlantic equatorial corridor and not in the Gulf of Mexico or other points closer to the US, which is not usual. Weather Underground…