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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…
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NASA’s Earth Observatory blog has a really interesting picture of hail damage from satellites today from a storm that hit in South Dakota. I think you will be amazed at the damage that is visible even from far above the ground. You can read about it and see images at https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=90592.
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There are many places to get climate information online, but they aren’t always easy to find. NOAA’s Climate.gov page has provided a link to a new interactive web source that contains a lot of their climate data sets in one place. You can read the documentation on the source at https://www.climate.gov/maps-data/dataset/monthly-climate-conditions-interactive-map or go directly to the…
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EarthSky had an interesting article this week on the uptick in global methane levels in recent years after “flat-lining” from 1999 to 2006. The article gives an excellent discussion of where the methane comes from, including natural wetlands and agricultural production, and looks at how it is changing by latitude and how that can help…