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The latest Drought Monitor map, released today, shows that the areal coverage and severity of drought across the region continues to decrease due to continuing recent rains. Drought in Puerto Rico also improved slightly due to heavier rainfall there. Since more rain is forecast in the next week, we can expect to see additional improvements…
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If you have been watching the news lately, you will have heard the term “atmospheric river” describing the heavy storms that are inundating California this week. In spite of what you might think, this term describes an official meteorological phenomenon. They often happen in California because of its position just east of a large, warm…
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The USDA issued a press release today celebrating the 10-year anniversary of the founding of the USDA Climate Hubs. I have worked with our Southeast Regional Climate Hub in Raleigh for most of that time, and they are a great resource for us in the Southeast. You can read some of my previous blog posts…
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As part of our work on the 5th National Climate Assessment, each chapter team hosted a webinar discussing the key messages of the chapter and highlighting some of the graphics from the chapter and how they were developed. You can find the ones for the Southeast (#7) and agriculture (#17) on the website playlist at…
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For those of you who are meteorologists or climatologists like me, thank you for your service to your community! I had the good fortune to spend most of last week with about 7,000 meteorologists/climatologists/atmospheric and oceanic scientists and the annual meeting of the American Meteorological Society and came away impressed at how hard most meteorologists…
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A combination of bad weather and insects has made the price of orange juice skyrocket for a second year. Citrus greening has been a problem in Florida for a number of years and up to 90% of orchards in Florida have been affected by the disease, leading to reductions in yield. Farmers in Georgia and…
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The North Carolina State Climate Office has posted their latest monthly climate summary on their climate blog at https://climate.ncsu.edu/blog/2024/02/drought-disappears-as-january-stays-wet-in-the-west/.
Posted in: Climate summaries