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Curious about cloud cover for the upcoming Total Solar Eclipse later this month (August 21st)? Check out this page for average cloud cover and a map to find your location. The Eclipse will cross 5 capitol cities across the U.S. and everyone in the U.S. will be able to see at least a partial eclipse. How cool!

https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/news/ready-set-eclipse

Check out this article from KUER news with comments from one of our climatologists, Jon Meyer!

Trends Trigger Climate Change Discussion in Utah Newspapers are reporting this week that some federal-government scientists worry the Trump administration will suppress their latest climate change update

Salt Lake City Logs Its Hottest-Ever July If this July felt extra hot to you, you’re right. The National Weather Service says it was the hottest July on record.

This was a rare cloud hole seen a few weeks ago above Utah State University campus. Cloud holes develop when the water temperature in the cloud is actually below freezing. When ice crystals do form, they grow rapidly and cause the water droplets around the crystals to evaporate, leaving a hole in the clouds.

Shower The National Weather Service With Data By Being A Backyard Weather Observer You get a rain gauge, measure the precipitation once a day, and upload the information via the web or app—it’s a citizen science project that only takes a

Check out this publication written by some of our climatologists--California from Drought to Deluge--released online today!

The dramatic switch from extreme drought to severe flooding in California, and the accompanying flip from atmospheric ridge to trough in the northeastern Pacific, exemplifies the pathways to an intensified water cycle under a warming climate.
http://www.nature.com/nclimate/journal/v7/n7/full/nclimate3330.html?WT.ec_id=NCLIMATE-201707&spMailingID=54393869&spUserID=MTcxMDc1NjM4OTM5S0&spJobID=1185141896&spReportId=MTE4NTE0MTg5NgS2

California from drought to deluge : Nature Climate Change : Nature Research

http://www.sltrib.com/opinion/5410881-155/tribune-editorial-utah-water-report-shows

Tribune Editorial: Utah water report shows how much we have to learn It’s 194 pages and took more than four years to prepare. It involved 40 diverse stakeholders and a process that got better as it went along. It’s the governor’s Water Strategy Advisory Team report on ...

Event attribution, which seeks to understand the relationships between extreme weather and climate events, and climate change, is a rapidly-emerging area of scientific study. Although we are seeing more weather and climate extremes, individual extreme events vary widely and interpreting trends can be difficult. Through this emerging area of study, scientists are now identifying the physical processes that cause an intensification of weather and climate phenomena, which has the potential to improve the prediction of extreme events.

A new book, Climate Extremes: Patterns and Mechanisms, published by the American Geophysical Union, describes how and why weather and climate phenomena may be intensifying with climate change. It includes a compilation of mechanisms unique to individual weather and climate extreme events, a discussion of how well climate models simulate high-impact weather and climate extremes, and a summary of the various theories about how climate extremes will continue to become stronger and more frequent.

Climate Extremes: Patterns and Mechanisms was written by some of our climatologists here at the Utah Climate Center! Keep a lookout for more updates--the book will be released soon!

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http://www.sltrib.com/home/5407104-155/latest-draft-of-state-water-strategy
If you want to get involved in planning Utah's water future, check out this article from the Salt Lake Tribune last week! A link to the full water strategy report is included in the article and a public hearing will be held on June 28 from 9 to 11 a.m. at the state Office Building on Utah's Capitol Hill.

Latest draft of state water strategy still includes controversial water projects