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An article published this week in The Conversation pointed out that tropical zones on Earth are currently expanding, and that could mean problems for Australia among other places. Here in the Southeast, most of us are not quite in the tropical zone now, but if that zone expands, it is likely to change the climate…
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Since we are now entering the heart of hurricane and flood season, when evacuations may become necessarily, it’s a good idea to think about your evacuation plans. FEMA is a great source of information on how to plan for an evacuation (for example, see https://www.ready.gov/evacuating-yourself-and-your-family), but I thought this article in Little Things did a…
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Two paleoclimatologists at the University of North Carolina have found a way to track a storm—or, at least, track the average of all storms across the season—325 years in the past, according to an article in the latest The Atlantic magazine. The scientists used tree ring data from ponderosa pines in the Pacific Northwest to…
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Earlier this week I posted an article discussing the economic damages of climate change on different areas of the US and how it is expected to hit the Southeast particularly hard. Here is another article with a better breakdown of the costs by different sectors. Crime, both violent and property, is expected to increase more…
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The latest 7-day QPF map shows that everywhere in the Southeast should get at least an inch of rain this week, and many areas along the East Coast will get more than that. Rainfall looks well-distributed through the week, which is great for plants but not great for farmers who need to get into the…
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The latest monthly outlook for July 2017 was released today by the Climate Prediction Center. It shows that most of the Southeast is in equal chance of above, near or below normal temperatures, although there is a slight trend towards warmer temperatures along the coasts and in southern Florida. A lot of the Southeast is…
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My meeting in Asheville NC ended today with presentations from a number of federal agencies who are involved in collecting and disseminating climate information. The biggest of all is the National Centers for Environmental Information, previously called the National Climatic Data Center, which is mainly located in Asheville just down the street from where we…
Posted in: Sources of weather and climate data