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The latest 7-day QPF shows that most of the Southeast is expected to receive less than 1/2 inch of rain in the next week, although the far northern parts of Alabama and Georgia may see quite a bit more. The driest areas will be in southern Georgia and northern Florida, and drought conditions may expand…
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National Geographic had a recent article describing changes in the way that Egyptian farmers are having to make in their traditional ways of farming to deal with changes in the flow of the Nile, the source of most water for agriculture in the country. The flow of the Nile has changed due to the building…
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The US Forest Service has a useful web site that serves as a resource center for topics on climate change and how it is likely to affect forests and grasslands in years to come. The site includes a number of modules on climate science, impacts of changing climate, and how land managers can respond. You…
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The latest ENSO blog post from NOAA’s Climate.gov provides an excellent discussion of how La Niña causes shifts in temperature and precipitation across the Southeast and other regions of the US and other countries. It describes the shifts in the jet stream associated with the pool of colder-than-normal ocean temperatures in the eastern Pacific Ocean…
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While cold conditions have come and gone across a lot of the continental US, southern Florida has largely bypassed the frigid conditions and is experiencing record high temperatures. In fact, according to Brian McNoldy in the Capital Weather Gang, “35 percent of all of our December heat-related records have been set in the past two years,…
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The recent cold snap which we’ve experienced across the US is something we expect to see with a La Niña, and it won’t surprise me if we see a few more outbreaks of cold air this winter and even into spring as the La Niña diminishes and we go back to neutral conditions. You can…
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How do you know if a state has set a new record for temperature, precipitation or snowfall? It’s not an easy process! You have to look at the historical data, assess its accuracy, determine what other events compare to it, and decide if the potential new record meets all the qualifications needed to represent an…