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The State Climatologist sees his shadow and predicts nine more years of drought

Posted in Climate Change, Global Warming, tagged drought, La Niña, Texas on September 30, 2011 | 1 Comment »

Punxsutawney Phil is a groundhog resident of Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania. On February 2 (Groundhog Day) of each year, Phil emerges from his temporary home – if he sees his shadow and returns to his hole, he has predicted six more weeks of winter, if he does not see his shadow, he has predicted an early spring. [...]

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Texas drought, is this a come to Jesus or climate change moment?

Posted in Climate Change, Global Warming, tagged climate change, Climate Prediction Center, Global Warming, La Niña, Texas, water on August 18, 2011 | 8 Comments »

The worst Texas drought since the 1950s has a handful of cities facing a prospect they’ve never encountered before: running out of water. Many lakes and reservoirs across the state are badly depleted after more than a month of 100-degree temperatures and less than 1 inch of rain. The worst-off communities are already trying to [...]

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If it started raining today, how much would we need to end this drought?

Posted in Climate Change, Efficiency, Global Warming, tagged drought, La Niña, Rain, Texas on August 10, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Texas is suffering from an historic drought and one question that looms large is – how much rain will we need to actually end the drought? And the answer is - A LOT! The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) indicates 12 to 15+ inches of rain (shades of purple and dark blue) is necessary [...]

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How long can we endure this drought – wait, it looks like at least another year

Posted in Global Warming, tagged Climate Prediction Center, drought, heat wave, La Niña, Texas on August 6, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

The Climate Prediction Center says there is now a 50/50 chance of a return to La Nina conditions this fall. La Nina is an expansive area of cooler-than-normal water in the Pacific Ocean. This cooling alters weather patterns across the U.S., and almost always results in drier than normal conditions for Texas and most of [...]

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