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Drought Expands a Bit in Wisconsin
Sad news on the drought front for Wisconsin. The latest US Drought Monitor now indicates all of the state of Wisconsin is in abnormally dry or worse conditions. The drier than normal weather in August...
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Hornets Eating My Apples!
I’ve been harvesting apples from trees I planted for 6 or 7 years now, but I’ve never been quite as frustrated as this year. Of course first we had the apple blossoms getting frosted this spring,...
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New Rainfall Records
Before getting into some of the interesting rain stats from yesterday, I wanted to let everyone know that I do have some pictures from my recent trip to Arizona and some complimentary thoughts about...
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El Nino Fading?
Because it has such a big influence on our cold season weather here in Wisconsin, I follow the twists and turns of El Nino and La Nina out in the Pacific ocean. Just last week, the CPC released its...
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Long Range Outlooks & Drought
Snow-lovers rejoice! We ended up with a record 10.9 inches of snow fall in Wausau yesterday (melted down it was a record 0.54 inches of liquid precipitation for December 20th). Much of central...
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U.S. Drought Status
There haven’t been a lot of big, wet storms moving through the Rockies and Plains to the Upper Midwest this winter so far. I guess it shouldn’t be too surprising then that the drought...
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Extreme Weather Then & Now
There is a lot of talk recently about how “extreme” the weather is now, and how it will get so much more “extreme” in the future (even more specualtion here). There are certainly some robust theories...
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Heat, Drought, and Ice
Before going into a discussion about heat, drought, and ice, I wanted to first highlight once again how the StormTrack9 weather blog is a place for insight and information long before it reaches a...
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Will Drought Return?
Through the blog we offer here at StormTrack9, I hope we are able to share interesting weather information and insightful commentary about various science developments. One particular issue that became...
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Interesting Cold & Snow Stats
Even though the weather we have experienced since late January is unusual because of the persistent cold and getting even colder (than normal) as time goes by, we still have not broken any records for...
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Warmer Climate To Change Rainfall Patterns
As greenhouse gas induced warming of the climate continues, the water cycle will be changing across the globe. This is the conclusion of a recent study led by William Lau of NASA’s Goddard...
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Latest U.S. Drought Status
If you remember last year at this time Wisconsin and much of the Midwest was in the grips of drought conditions. The situation has certainly changed a lot in one year. According to the...
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Yearly Precipitation Update
When you look at 2013 precipitation as a whole for the Wausau area you would say it has been a wet year. We’ve had 24.35″ so far, which is actually 3.69″ above normal up to this point. Keep...
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California Fire From Space
You’ve all likely heard and seen the many dire facts of the massive wildfire raging near Yosemite. Of course there are concerns for homes and property, giant sequoia tree stands, and the...
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California in Historic Drought
While we might be complaining about our mammoth piles of snow and ice covering our landscape in Wisconsin this winter, at least we are not in the shoes of California. They are in the midst of their...
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Drought Status
With the snow melted in a good chunk of the Midwest and warm, dry, and breezy weather becoming more common it is time to think about fire danger and drought. Fire danger is especially a hazard...
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Measuring the World’s Soil Moisture
Anybody with a gardening muscle in them, a farmer, or somebody trying to grow trees certainly is in tune with soil moisture levels. It has a very important role in plant and animal life in our...
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Saying Good-bye to Lake Mead
It is interesting to note that we have not blogged too much about the US Drought Monitor this year. It was not a prolific topic last year either. This is good news. It means that drought has not been...
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Impending Drought?
Sorry if I seem a little pensive lately, perhaps not as energetic, or not smiling as much as usual. I have analyzed the forecast and I don’t like it. For most of this Summer, people who rely upon the...
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Too much economic “growth”
I have made it a point in the past to lay the blame on water woes in the western U.S. most squarely upon human shoulders. Some scientists and commentators have at times tried to refocus the blame...
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