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Winter El Niño Events Often Take Root in the Spring

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Aug 6, 2014

Hebert Boxes and NC: Tracking Our Landfalling Hurricanes

During hurricane season, tropical systems generally move westward across the Atlantic Basin towards North America. Some systems may form into hurricanes staying over open waters during their lifespan, while a few may make landfall, even in North Carolina. This leads to an interesting climatological question: Do hurricanes making landfall in North Carolina share a common…

May 1, 2014

Fire Weather Portal Keeps Users Aware of Fire Risk in NC

In our previous post, we looked at the importance of fire to ecosystems in North Carolina. Today we conclude this series on drought and fire by looking at a tool designed to help with monitoring weather and fire risk conditions across the state. Each spring, the risk of wildfires starting across North Carolina increases as…

Apr 25, 2014

High-Resolution Drought Monitoring

Earlier this week, we talked about how drought is monitored and why spring is a good time to take a step back and evaluate how we’re doing, moisture-wise. Today’s post will be dedicated to a useful drought monitoring tool the State Climate Office of North Carolina has developed. The Need for High-Resolution Drought Monitoring Drought…

Sep 26, 2013

Summer Projects: Rainfall Study and Severe Weather Stats

This post is part of a series highlighting the summer projects from our office’s undergraduate research assistants. First up is Colin Loftin, a senior in Meteorology at NC State. This summer I completed two separate projects. For the first half of summer, I worked on a comparison of daily MPE (Multi-Sensor Precipitation Estimates) and PRISM…

May 7, 2013

Winter El Niño Events Often Take Root in the Spring

Although our winter just ended, the weather conditions half a world away in the western Pacific Ocean may already be shaping how our next winter will turn out. Yes, December is still seven months away, but an analysis of years that developed a wintertime El Niño pattern — which often leads to cooler and wetter…