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NOAA has published a new update and outlook for the current El Niño and what is likely to happen next summer. You can view it here.
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The Packer reported today that the Florida grapefruit season is expected to end earlier than usual this year due to problems caused by El Nino conditions in the state. USDA reported that the crop was the lowest in three decades, according to the report. Fall and early winter brought warmer than normal temperatures and the…
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You might not consider winter a time to get a heat wave, but one accepted definition of a heat wave is three or more consecutive days with temperatures at least five degrees above average. So media reports of a “heat wave” in Calgary are correct, even if the temperatures seem low to us in the Southeast. According…
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Another “great” historical weather event happened in February 1899 when a frigid airmass moved from west to east through the country, dropping temperatures and causing the deaths of over 100 people as well as killing numerous livestock and destroying numerous crops, including a large number of orchards in Georgia. You can read more about this…
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William Schmitz of the Southeast Regional Climate Center put together a scorecard of how the rainfall conditions this winter (December to February to date) compare to previous strong El Niño events. You can see the scorecard at https://www.sercc.com/ElNinoRainScorecard.pdf. The scorecard shows that the 1997-98 event set records across the region for the wettest DJF on record.…
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A few months ago I shared a photo of pink flowers filling the Atacama Desert in Chile, a rare event caused by unusual rains in the region most likely linked to El Niño. Today you might enjoy a video of the wildflowers that are blooming in Death Valley due to the El Niño rains that…
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If you are old like me and have lived in the Southeast for most of your life, you may remember the snowstorm that occurred across much of the Southeast in February 1973. Some areas of Georgia and South Carolina received more than 18 inches in the storm, which occurred from February 9 to 11. The…