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NOAA reported last week that this past September was the 9th warmest on record. For southern Florida, it was the warmest on record. For the year to date, it was the second warmest on record, second only to 2012. You can read more in their monthly climate summary at https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/summary-info/national/201609.
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Did you know that you can use cricket and katydid chirps to estimate the temperature? Dolbear’s Law is the formula from the late 19th century that can be used to accurately estimate the temperature based on the number of chirps a cricket emits. Basically, crickets chirp faster when it is warm than when it is…
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There will be a lot written about Hurricane Matthew in the coming weeks and years. Here are some early summaries about records set by Matthew as well as review of some of the devastation caused by the store. Many people are returning home to their coastal houses today to find out the fate of their…
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The US Environmental Protection Agency has announced the release of a new Adaptation Resource Center for looking at the impacts of climate change in the US. You can find it at https://www.epa.gov/arc-x. According to the web site, EPA’s Adaptation Resource Center (ARC-X) is an interactive resource to help local governments effectively deliver services to their communities even…
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The Post and Courier has a short list of other significant hurricanes that have affected South Carolina. You can see the list at https://www.postandcourier.com/20160824/160829709/five-of-south-carolinas-most-horrific-and-historic-hurricanes. See Hurricane Hugo on the image below.
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Jeff Masters and Bob Henson have a comprehensive write-up of the impacts of Matthew on the Southeast at their blog post on the WunderBlog here. Matthew finally made landfall south of Myrtle Beach today and is now moving slowly northeast with a large shield of rain north and east of the center.
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The latest 7-day QPF shows no rain for many parts of the Southeast, with the except of the Carolinas where Matthew is still dropping flooding rains and will continue to do so for the next day or so. The lack of rainfall in the driest areas is expected to increase drought while the heavy rain…
Posted in: Climate outlooks