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  • National Hurricane Center releases final report on Hurricane Michael

    Pam Knox

    NOAA’s National Hurricane Center released their official report on Hurricane Michael today. It officially notes that Michael was a Category 5 storm. The report includes a number of observations from the University of Georgia weather network as well as many other sensor networks. You can read it at https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/data/tcr/AL142018_Michael.pdf.

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  • April 2019 starts out warmer than normal

    Pam Knox

    So far this month our temperatures have been well above normal across most of the Southeast. Precipitation has been more variable but has generally been near but a little above normal. The remainder of the month is expected to continue to be warmer than normal but should shift towards drier conditions.

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  • NOAA: March 2019 was cooler and drier than the long-term averages

    Pam Knox

    NOAA released their latest monthly climate summary for March 2019 this morning. It shows that for the contiguous 48 states, March was a bit cooler than the long-term average and also in the driest third of all years. The year to date shows us as just slightly cooler than the long-term average (the coldest start…

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  • SERCC: March 2019 summary now available

    Pam Knox

    The Southeast Regional Climate Center’s latest monthly climate summary for March 2019 is now available. You can access it at https://www.sercc.com/SoutheastRegionMonthlyClimateReportMarch2019.pdf.

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  • Dry weather in March 2019 expand abnormally dry conditions

    Pam Knox

    March 2019 was near normal in temperature across the state, but almost all areas received much less than the normally expected rainfall, leading to an expansion in abnormally dry conditions in the southern half of the state as well as the introduction of some moderate drought in the southeast. A widespread severe weather outbreak on…

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  • SCONC: Monthly summary report for March 2019 now available

    Pam Knox

    The State Climate Office of North Carolina has released their latest monthly climate summary for March 2019. You can find it at https://climate.ncsu.edu/climateblog?id=281&h=5666e5c1.

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  • Preliminary March 2019 climate maps

    Pam Knox

    The preliminary maps of temperature and precipitation departure for March 2019 are now available from the High Plains Regional Climate Center. They show that temperatures across the region were generally warmer than normal in most of Florida and Georgia as well as southeastern Alabama. The rest of the region was cooler than normal. An area…

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