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The Packer published a story earlier this week about the problems that avocado growers in California have had with water availability this year and how it has affected production. Often California received good rainfall in El Niño winters, but this year most of the rain fell in northern California and bypassed southern California, where most…
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EPA has released their updated 2016 publication on indicators of climate change for the United States. This document shows trends in a variety of climate variables including temperature, precipitation, and ice based on a number of different objective data sets. You can watch a slide set with summarized information and read more about it…
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It seems that the national media is finally becoming aware of the unfolding tragedy that is the flooding occurring in Louisiana. There have been many more reports on the flooding in the last couple of days. So far, 9 people have been killed and over 20,000 displaced by the flooding. According to the Wunder Blog,…
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NASA reported today that based on their analysis of global temperatures, this July surpassed every month in temperature since their records began in 1880. This means it was not only the warmest July on record, but the warmest of any month. You can read more about it at Weather.com here. The Japan Meteorological Agency independently…
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Once in a while I need access to USGS topographic maps. I’ve had a hard time finding them online. But now National Geographic has a quick and easy way to get access to them. You can find a description online at https://petapixel.com/2016/08/06/nat-geo-launches-free-website-printing-detailed-topographical-maps/. The portal is at https://www.natgeomaps.com/trail-maps/pdf-quads.
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Just for fun, I am posting this link to a list of obscure regional phrases for extreme heat from Mental Floss. If you have other ones, email them to me and I will add them to the post. https://mentalfloss.com/article/31165/11-obscure-regional-phrases-describe-excessive-heat
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Since it is halfway through August, I thought I would take a quick glance at the climate conditions for the month so far. Precipitation values across the region range from somewhat above normal to below normal, depending on location. You can just see the heavy rain in Louisiana on the far left side of the…
Posted in: Climate summaries