2018
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Have you ever seen mammatus clouds? They look like pillows of clouds hanging down from the undersides of thunderstorm anvils. Especially noticeable at sunset or any time when there is a low sun angle, but they can occur any time. Some of my friends reported seeing some yesterday with some thunderstorms that passed through Atlanta.…
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The latest 7 day QPF map shows that rain is expected over all of the Southeast except for just some light rain in Virginia. The heaviest amounts are located off the coast where Tropical Depression Three (expected to become TS Chris sometime today) is meandering around. The area around the Gulf of Mexico will also…
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Happy Aphelion! The summer in the Northern Hemisphere is NOT warmer because we are closer to the sun. In fact, today marks the point in Earth’s orbit when we’re furthest from the sun. The exact time is 12:46 pm EDT when the Earth will be 94,507,803 miles from the Sun. We’ll be 3.1 million miles…
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Atlanta magazine has a very interesting and concerning story this month on Georgia’s barrier islands and marshy coasts and the communities that are located there. I have been to Jekyll Island, St. Mary’s, Tybee Island, and Darien, and have seen how close these communities are to the ocean. The article discusses what steps the residents…
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Most years I try to attend the annual meeting of the American Association of State Climatologists (AASC). I am a past president and enjoy the chance to catch up with old friends and learn some new things about applied climate. Here are some sources of data and some new web sites I discovered at the…
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The latest 30-day outlook for July 2018 shows that for most of the Southeast, conditions are likely to continue to be warmer and wetter than normal, according to the latest posting from NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center. The only area where equal changes of below, near and above normal precipitation are noted is the region that…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released this morning, shows that the area of abnormally dry conditions in NE Alabama has shrunk, but a new region of abnormally dry conditions has appeared in south central NC and north central SC. The region continues to be free of drought conditions, but we will be watching the areas of…
Posted in: Drought