Last year was another active year for sever weather in Mississippi with a record-setting 115 tornadoes across the state. Multiple rounds of severe weather last spring and again during hte late fall and early winter…
Category: Climate
You’re not crazy: It’s not as cold as it was when you were a kid
“I remember when I was a kid, we would get cold like this every few weeks. And it would stick around. Now it is more like every few months. and it only lasts a day…
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CPC shows chance for cooler-than-normal February for big chunk of US, but a warmer-than-average Spring
The Climate Prediction Center is out with the February outlook and a look at Spring, too. While fEbruary is looking like cooler-than-average conditions may prevail, the long-term look suggests that temperatures may rebound in March…
South Mississippi 2019-2020 Winter Outlook
The Preamble Just like last year, don’t worry, I know that there are, like, infinity “Winter Outlooks” floating aorund the web. Everyone has one of these. And they all say something different. They all have…
Since 1950, South Mississippi 100-degree days nearly unchanged while overnight warmth increases four-fold
The headline says it all. Looking back at 70 years of data, South Mississippi’s hottest days during the “Summer” (from May through September) have stayed about the same while the temperatures overnight have warmed up…
Review: Increased Fall Precipitation in the Southeastern United States Driven by Higher‐Intensity, Frontal Precipitation
The southerly wind off the Gulf of Mexico is a big component in the day-to-day weather along the Gulf Coast. But new research dives into just how big a driver that is – particularly in…
2019 South Mississippi Autumn outlook
Well, well, well… Here we are in early August looking toward the Autumn – the best time to be in South Mississippi. Football, lower humidity, cooler temperatures. All of the things that make dealing with…
As MJO passes, Atlantic basin could become more favorable for development in July
I don’t often get onto sub-seasonal oscillations on here for a handful of reasons… 1. I don’t know as much as I wished I did about them 2. In general, it doesn’t apply to everyday…
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Hurricane speed debate highlights how the scientific community works
If tropical cyclones are – in general – slowing down, that could have some pretty dramatic impacts in the future. But the science isn’t settled. Let’s take a look… A quick preamble If you caught…
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Ask NASA: New Arctic Lakes could increase atmospheric Methane
Your browser does not support the video tag. For centuries, a massive store of carbon has been locked underground in the Arctic’s permanently frozen soil known as permafrost. As Earth’s climate continues to warm, that…
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