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Today is a transition day for Dr. Ryan Boyles, the North Carolina State Climatologist who has been one of the most active state climatologists in the country and who was featured on this blog in July 2015. Ryan is moving to the Department of the Interior’s Southeast Climate Science Center and will serve there as…
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Do you know what a “flash” drought is? I always thought it was a rapidly developing severe drought that primarily affected agriculture. I was surprised to learn that there are actually two types of flash drought, as explained by John Feldt, the retired Hydrologist in Charge of the NWS Southeast River Forecast Center. John now…
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The water temperature in the Atlantic Ocean is nice and warm, well above the long-term average. But in spite of the warm water, the tropics have been very slow to start producing any tropical storms this year after an early start to the season. In part this is due to the presence of Saharan dust…
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BNN.ca had an interesting story earlier this week about increases in bourbon production in Kentucky and the negative impacts on the population of white oak trees. By law, bourbon is produced by aging for at least two years in new charred white oak barrels, and the demand for bourbon is so strong that foresters are…
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According to Jonathan Belles of WunderBlog, there have been no hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico since September 2013. By the end of this week, this will be the longest streak with no Gulf hurricanes on record, dating back to the 1800s. The last hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico was Hurricane Ingrid, which made…
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The University of Georgia’s Center for Urban Agriculture has published a helpful article on managing turfgrass in times of drought. You can read it at https://ugaurbanag.com/__trashed-2/. The article discusses how to recognize the signs of drought stress and things you can do to maintain the appearance of the grass while minimizing growth until more favorable conditions…
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Now that we are firmly stuck in the “hot and humid” mid-summer conditions of the Southeast, you might be interested in these fun facts on heat and humidity published by the Capital Weather Gang this week. You can find them by clicking here.