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Jeff Masters reported on the Weather Underground blog yesterday that a new global record high temperature for October was recorded on October 27 in South Africa. The temperature of 119 °F was observed at Vredendal and is the third highest temperature ever observed in South Africa. Masters says, “The new global October heat record was made…
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The Climate Learning Network posted a newsletter this morning describing a number of opportunities for workshops and webinars on forestry and agriculture. You can view these at the CLN blog here. One of the most useful for us in the Southeast is a webinar on Resilient Pine Management on November 19 at 1 pm EST.…
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A rare occurrence of a tropical cyclone (equivalent to a hurricane in the Atlantic) making landfall on the Arabian peninsula is expected to occur this week as Chapala moves west towards Yemen and Oman. Some areas of the desert countries could receive up to 8 years’ worth of rain in 1 to 2 days. Chapala…
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With just a couple of (mostly dry) days left in October, the Southeast Regional Climate Center’s Perspectives map shows the huge variation in rainfall across the Southeast. Charleston and Columbia have set new records for October rainfall in the large storm that hit them early in the month. By comparison, a number of stations in…
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The latest model forecasts for Quantitative Precipitation show a bulls’ eye of rain in Alabama and Georgia lasting from Saturday night until Tuesday. Rain associated with a slowly moving low pressure center will douse the area with up to several inches of rain. So make the most of this weekend–Friday and Saturday should be dry…
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The Washington Post‘s Capital Weather Gang noted in a post today that unusually warm weather is expected to occur across most of the eastern US for the next week, including the start to November. This is due to a strong ridge of high pressure that will remain stationary much of the week before collapsing to…
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The Southeast Climate Consortium held their fall meeting in Athens GA on October 19-20. They have just posted photos and presentations from this meeting on their web site. You can visit https://www.seclimate.org/ to see the posters and presentation slides as well as a list of participants and other meeting information.
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