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Here’s a notice about a webinar that looks very interesting. I am posting it because I would like to see it myself. Note that you do not have to preregister. Here is the description of the webinar: “Fall 2016, several southeastern states were experiencing significant wildfires due to a severe drought and an increased frequency…
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NOAA’s Climate.gov blog has a good discussion of the mid-March freeze event by Jake Crouch. It describes how it fits into historical context both with the warm winter that preceded it and the comparison to average last frost dates. It also describes what damage it caused, both to peaches and blueberries as well as pastures.…
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Even though this time of year has the longest day, for most parts of the country it is not the hottest day. Why not? The short answer is thermal lag, which means that it takes a while for things to heat up (especially water), so temperatures will continue to rise for several weeks. Although with…
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It’s not the heat, it’s the (lack of) humidity. Dr. Jeff Masters posted an interesting article in Weather Underground today discussing a potential new record low humidity record for the world, set in Iran. However, there is another contender for the record from Needles CA in May 2014, with a temperature of 102 F and…
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With the increase in rain over the last few weeks, we have seen an erosion of drought conditions in the Southeast. In this week’s Drought Monitor, all drought has been removed from Alabama and Florida, leaving just a few patches of abnormally dry conditions. In Georgia, the severe drought has been erased, leaving only a…
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The Southeast Regional Climate Center posted their spring climate summary for the Southeast, written by Jordan McLeod, on their web site this week. You can view the PDF at https://www.sercc.com/Southeast_Region_Quarterly_Report_Spring_2017.pdf.
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NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information put out a very interesting article and accompanying video on how their climate and weather data are used in management decisions by businesses and manufacturing plants to minimize economic losses. Of course farmers already do this to help plan farm activities and determine crop varieties to plant, but you…