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The NWS office in Peachtree City announced today on their Facebook page that they will start producing their spring frost warnings for frost earlier than usual this year. The spring so far has been unusually warm and many plants, including fruit trees and other crops, have started blooming earlier than normal, making the vulnerable to…
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NOAA released their latest outlook for spring today. It shows a increased chance of above normal precipitation in our region. Because of this, they are predicting a moderate risk of spring flooding in parts of the Southeast. You can read about the outlook and watch a 3-minute video on the US outlook at https://www.climate.gov/news-features/videos/2016-spring-climate-and-flood-outlook.
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The warm weather this week has broken record high temperatures in many locations around the Southeast. This Southeast Regional Climate Center Perspectives map shows the stations with new records (ranked #1) across the region. Records were also broken on previous days. These warm temperatures are contributing to the well above normal temperatures for March as…
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The latest Drought Monitor shows that abnormally dry conditions have expanded slightly in the Southeast over the last week (the map is finalized on Tuesday). A new area of D0 conditions has now appeared in the area around Augusta GA. With the lack of rain this week, we can expect more expansion on next week’s…
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It’s halfway through March, so let’s look at the climate so far this month. The temperature across the Southeast is much above normal, which is no surprise if you have been basking in the unusually warm temperatures this week. The area that is most above normal is the northern part of the region and extending…
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The State Climate Office of North Carolina put out a blog post today with a retrospective of the very snowy month of March 1960. Three Wednesdays in a row received snow in that month due to the influence of a negative North Atlantic Oscillation. The result was the coldest March on record. “By the end…
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If you like to look at maps, you might find this map from the NWS Storm Prediction Center interesting. They have collected all of the severe weather reports from across the US and put them all on one map for 2015. Looking closely at it brings out a lot of questions about why it looks…