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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…
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The latest global climate summary for the globe was released today by NOAA. It shows that overall, this was the third warmest June on record and the second warmest year to date since 1880, just less than last year’s record warmth. Their latest report, which you can read at https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/news/global-climate-201706, also discusses this year’s sea…
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If you follow the news at all, you are aware of the solar eclipse that will be viewed across the US, including a path of totality that stretches from coastal Oregon to South Carolina. But it’s summer, and you might wonder if clouds will obscure the view. Just in time, NOAA has produced a cloud…
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The State Climate Office of North Carolina’s latest blog post discusses the 2017 year to date and gives some insight into what might happen the rest of the year. While the summary statistics are just for North Carolina, the general trends are the same for the whole Southeast and the five questions they are asking…