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The latest Drought Monitor, released this morning, shows very minor changes to the drought status in the Southeast this week. With near-normal rainfall expected in the next few days and few impacts being currently reported, next week’s DM is not expected to change much.
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If you haven’t had enough snow this winter to get your annual “snow fix” you might be interested in this story from Weather Underground. While I don’t often think of Japan as a snowy place (except for maybe in the far north), it turns out that because of cold Siberian air moving over the Pacific…
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NOAA released their latest climate summary today. It shows that the US experienced its second warmest every February and its 6th warmest winter. Nearly one quarter of the US was record warm in February, and it surpassed every year except 1954. You can see more and view maps at https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/news/national-climate-201702.
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The State Climate Office of North Carolina has an interesting blog post this morning by Corey Davis on the importance of CoCoRaHS observations to documenting extreme events. And North Carolina has had quite a few this year! Remember, this is March Madness for CoCoRaHS, so if you are interested in becoming an observer, you can…
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One of my Facebook friends posted a link today to this 2010 OxFam study of the impacts of changing climate on agriculture in Ethopia. Upon skimming it, I was amazed at the detailed analyses the authors made of several different crops and how they are affected by currently observed trends in climate as well as…
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Growing Georgia published a report by Tim Daly this week discussing the impacts of the recent drought on landscaping plants. In spite of the recent rains, the drought caused a lot of damage to coniferous plants as well as other plants. I know I have a dead pine in my yard this year that I…
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Climate summary for February from the Southeast Regional Climate Center: Temperatures were well above average across the Southeast region, with numerous record-breaking extremes observed during February. Mean temperature departures ranged from 3 to as much as 10 degrees F (1.7 to 5.6 degrees C) above average across the region, with the greatest departures found in…
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