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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/.
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Rain is expected across most of the southern part of the region over the next 2-3 days before high and dry air returns to the region mid-week. North Carolina and Virginia will miss out on rain this weekend, but will pick up some showers leading into next weekend with the next system coming through, although…
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If you follow any social media about the weather, you will probably not be surprised to know that there is a lot of misinformation about upcoming as well as past weather on Twitter and other social media sites. This can include things like photos of tornadoes or other severe weather misattributed to different events, forecasts…
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The latest outlook from NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center continues to show the continuing influence of this year’s strong El Nino according to maps released yesterday. Wetter than normal conditions are expected from Florida north to the southern parts of GA and AL, while temperatures are expected to remain close to normal due to the tug…
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