{"id":17289,"date":"2019-06-01T06:46:10","date_gmt":"2019-06-01T10:46:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/?p=17289"},"modified":"2019-06-01T06:47:42","modified_gmt":"2019-06-01T10:47:42","slug":"happy-climatological-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/2019\/06\/happy-climatological-summer\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy climatological summer!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today marks the beginning of climatological summer in the Southeast. Hope it&#8217;s a good one! Seems like we&#8217;ve had an early start to the Dog Days of Summer this year.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m taking a break from the blog for two weeks while I travel to Alaska and the Yukon with my mom. How great is that? A good chance to see glaciers before they disappear. They&#8217;ve been running warmer than normal for the last month\u00a0 (see my post from yesterday) but I don&#8217;t think that will continue while I am there.<\/p>\n<p>While I\u2019m gone, you can find a list of web sites\u00a0that you can use to find your own weather and climate information at <a href=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/2014\/09\/list-of-web-sites-with-weather-and-climate-data-for-georgia-and-beyond\/\">https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/2014\/09\/list-of-web-sites-with-weather-and-climate-data-for-georgia-and-beyond\/<\/a>. \u00a0If you need more help, contact the Southeast Regional Climate Center or the State Climatologist for your state. \u00a0They\u2019ve all been listed here in the blog before or search online. \u00a0They are very helpful people!<\/p>\n<p>Climate predictions are updated twice a month, and the Drought Monitor comes out with a new map every Thursday morning. \u00a0You can see the latest map at <a href=\"https:\/\/droughtmonitor.unl.edu\/\">www.droughtmonitor.unl.edu<\/a>. \u00a0 And you can get your own Qualitative Precipitation Forecast maps at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov\/qpf\/day1-7.shtm\">https:\/\/www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov\/qpf\/day1-7.shtm<\/a>l.<\/p>\n<p>Hope your summer starts off well, and talk to you in mid-June!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3936\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3936\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2015\/08\/shaking-dog.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3936\" src=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2015\/08\/shaking-dog-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2015\/08\/shaking-dog-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2015\/08\/shaking-dog-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2015\/08\/shaking-dog-138x138.jpg 138w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2015\/08\/shaking-dog.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3936\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Commons Wikimedia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today marks the beginning of climatological summer in the Southeast. Hope it&#8217;s a good one! Seems like we&#8217;ve had an early start to the Dog Days of Summer this year. I\u2019m taking a break from the blog for two weeks while I travel to Alaska and the Yukon with my mom. How great is that? 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