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The latest outlook for June and beyond is now available from NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center. The outlook for June shows an increased chance of above-normal temperatures but no skill at forecasting precipitation (which is pretty typical for the summer months, since they are dominated by local effects like air mass thunderstorms and El Niño doesn’t…
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The Miami Herald-Tribune noted this week that “Following last year’s hurricane season, which broke Florida’s nearly 11-year streak without a hurricane making landfall here, a number of new warnings are being unveiled by the National Hurricane Center to better notify those in a storm’s path, the organization’s acting director said Wednesday at the annual Governor’s…
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The fine folks at the NWS Southeast River Forecast Center have put out a new Water Resources Outlook video covering what they expect to happen over the next few months. You can view it at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwJoE7lLh8w&feature=youtu.be.
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The World Meteorological Organization recently published a list of the world’s deadliest storms. None of these storms has occurred since 1994, which means that weather services around the world are likely improving their ability to predict and warn for these storms. In addition, vulnerability of people in the most susceptible areas has been reduced by…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released this morning, shows that while most areas of the Southeast had no changes in their drought conditions, there was an expansion of the extreme drought that is currently plaguing central Florida. Another area of extreme drought in southeast Georgia expanded east to include coastal areas, including a small strip of…
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The Vegetable and Specialty Crop News posted a story this week about the adverse effects of the dry conditions in parts of Florida on vegetable production there. The warm winter allowed whiteflies and other pests to overwinter and they are now causing a tremendous challenge for tomato farmers. You can read the story at https://vscnews.com/southwest-florida-struggles-whiteflies-drought/.
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Here is a lengthy (67 pages!) web site which provides a thorough background on the science of climate, from Andrew Revkin. He describes it as “a primer based on decades of reports from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, IPCC and other peer-reviewed lit.” You can view the web site at https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/3680541-Climate101.html. You might…
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