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NOAA’s latest monthly global climate summary for April 2017 was released this week. It shows that this past April was the second warmest since records began in 1880 for the globe. It also marked the 388th consecutive month that the globally-averaged temperature across the world’s land and ocean surfaces was nominally above the 20th century average.…
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Here’s a story that could result in significant water savings for cotton growers in the Southeast. According to a press release from the University of Georgia this week, “Decreasing irrigation for cotton crops during the early season may not affect yields and could save growers more than 54,000 gallons of water per acre, according to…
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The Atlantic magazine posted an interesting article this week about the migration of trees from one region to another. Of course the trees don’t actually pick up their roots and walk away, but over time some areas see a decline in saplings while other areas see new growth. What surprised the scientists quoted in the…
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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…