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Related to my previous post on the warming climate, one of the consequences that we see from the warmer conditions in recent years is a shift in the planting zones. These zones are linked to the average annual minimum temperature in each location, which helps determine what plants can survive the winter months. Here is…
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Jason Samenow of the Washington Post‘s Capital Weather Gang posted a story this week about the record-setting warmth that we have been experiencing in recent years. The story is based on statistical work done by Deke Arndt of NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information and looks at a number of different time scales. It also…
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The Weather Channel posted a story this week about which counties in the United States were most prone to tornadoes. Several of them are in Florida. You have to keep in mind that tornado statistics by county depend not only on the number of tornadoes, but the size of the county and the population density.…
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The Packer has an interesting story this week on how producers are dealing with the fall-out of the killing frost in mid-March. While blueberries and peaches took a significant hit, there will still be some crops available. Other fruit like blackberries were not affected by the frost and strawberries have come back strong after the…
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The Atlantic tropical season is off to an early start this year with the development of Subtropical Depression 1 well out in the Atlantic Ocean. A subtropical storm has some characteristics of tropical storms and some that make it look more like a mid-latitude cyclone. The official start of the tropical season is June, but…
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NOAA released their latest global climate summary for March 2017 today. It shows that the global temperature for March 2017 was the second warmest on record after the El Niño-enhanced 2016. The year to date global temperature so far is also the second warmest on record. You can read the NOAA news story at https://www.noaa.gov/news/us-had-2nd-warmest-year-to-date-and-9th-warmest-march-on-record and…
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The latest 3-month climate predictions from the Climate Prediction Center are in and show that for almost every 3-month period for the next year there is an increased chance of above normal temperatures for the Southeast. Precipitation forecasts are much harder and don’t show any significant leanings one way or the other except in a…
Posted in: Climate outlooks