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Another week with little rain has led to the introduction of severe drought into parts of northeast Alabama and northwest Georgia. Moderate drought also expanded in Alabama with the continuing dry conditions. Unfortunately, the Climate Prediction Center has predicted more dry conditions in that area in the month of June, so no respite is immediately…
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The latest monthly outlook was released from the Climate Prediction Center earlier this week. It shows an increased chance of above normal temperatures for most of the Southeast, and especially Florida and adjacent areas of Georgia and South Carolina. The precip outlook shows that northern Alabama and northwest Georgia are in a slightly increased chance…
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June 1 marks the beginning of the official Atlantic hurricane season. This year, we’ve already had Alex in January and Bonnie in late May. NOAA and other groups are expecting an average to active season this year as El Niño disappears. If you live anywhere that might feel the effects of a tropical storm, you…
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The State Climate Office of North Carolina published their summary of May climate this morning. You can read it at https://climate.ncsu.edu/climateblog?id=192&h=5666e5c1.
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The next CLN webinar “A changing climate for agriculture: tools for kick starting adaptation” will be delivered on Thursday, June 2, 2016 at 2:00pm EDT. Dr. John Abatzoglou Associate Professor of Geography, University of Idaho and member of the REAACH CAP team. Dr. Abatzoglou will present their work on downscale climate data This is climate data at…
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National Public Radio has an interesting story about efforts to rebuild Rwanda’s long-term climate record. Most stations were destroyed and records lost in the civil war which has torn apart the country, leaving a large gap in the historical record. The story describes some scientists’ efforts to find the missing data and rebuild the record…
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It’s almost the end of the month, so here is a first glance at the climate summary for May. Overall, most of the Southeast was below normal in temperature except for scattered areas in northern and coastal Georgia and some of the Florida peninsula. The eastern part of the Southeast was wet, although Alabama and…
Posted in: Climate summaries