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In conjunction with the NOAA climate report released today, NOAA has provided a report on nuisance flooding at coastal stations along the Atlantic and Pacific coasts based on their coastal data sets. Nuisance flooding is minor coastal flooding driven by higher than normal tides coupled with unusually storm weather, not major flooding from storm surges.…
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NOAA released their latest climate summary for the US today. It shows that the West continued its string of above-normal temperatures and dry conditions, although a few areas did receive above-normal rainfall. The central US was cooler than average in August with some areas of very wet conditions in the northern Plains and dry conditions…
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Occasionally I’ve been asked where the cleanest air in the US is located. This is especially important for those who have health issues related to breathing, such as COPD, allergies, or cystic fibrosis. It can be hard to find this information since monitoring is usually done by individual state agencies who don’t all use the…
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The 7-day rainfall we’ve seen in the Southeast shows that it was feast or famine for many areas. The map below details the percent of normal each area received based on radar estimates. It shows that southeast Georgia received the heaviest rain from the remains of Erika, with some areas receiving more than 500 percent…
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Today marks the 115th anniversary of the Galveston hurricane that is estimated to have killed over 10,000 people when the city of Galveston TX was hit by a storm surge of over 15 feet. This story was memorialized in the fantastic book, “Isaac’s Storm”. If you have never read it and you like to read…
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As I was driving home from the airport today, I heard this interesting story about attempts to grow rice in Wisconsin on National Public Radio. You can listen to the story here. A Marquette University professor is trying to grow rice in the climate of Wisconsin to see if he can get it to produce…
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The Southeast Farm Press had an excellent article about producing high-quality hay this week. It describes the importance of weather conditions and taking advantage of dry spells while using equipment to help the hay dry down more quickly. You can read the article here.