• The latest 7-day outlook for the Atlantic shows a lot of activity, including the remains of Idalia, Franklin, Jose, and another area that has a 90 percent chance of becoming a named storm (Katia) in the next week. There is also another area that has a 30% chance of development in the next week that…

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  • The latest outlook for September 2023 was released today. It shows that September is leaning towards warmer than normal temperatures, a continuation of the long-term rising temperature trend. It is more likely to be hotter than normal in the center of the US, though, as another strong high sets up there. There is no signal…

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  • The North Carolina State Climate Office published its summary of the impacts of Hurricane Idalia just a few hours after it left the state. How is that for speedy service? You can read it at Rapid Reaction: Idalia Ends August on a Wet Note – North Carolina State Climate Office (ncsu.edu).

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  • Tonight Tropical Storm Idalia is moving NE close to Charleston. It came ashore just before 8 am this morning near Cedar Key in the Big Bend of Florida as a high-end category 3 storm after briefly reaching Category 4 before it weakened as it started an eyewall replacement cycle just before landfall. Predictions of the…

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  • As of 11 pm, Idalia has strengthened to just under a Category 3 storm with winds of 110 mph and a small eye and is expected to continue to strengthen overnight before it makes landfall in Florida tomorrow morning. The forecasts have been shifting slightly west all day, and observers are watching carefully on Tuesday…

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  • If you are a small farmer, you are very susceptible to the impacts of extreme weather events like droughts, floods, heat waves, and freezes. Small farmers often have fewer resources and savings to carry them over a bad year than a larger farm operation, so without government and private loans many would have to stop…

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  • Over the course of the day, Idalia become much better organized and strengthened a lot compared to yesterday’s status. It is expected to become a hurricane soon. Additional measurements and computer models have allowed the National Hurricane Center to tighten up the forecast cone predicting where Idalia will go and how strong it will get.…

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