August 2019
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The final climate outlook for September was released today. It shows that the temperature is likely to be warmer than normal across the region, with the highest likelihood in the Florida peninsula. The precip outlook is heavily weighted by what they think will happen with Hurricane Dorian over the next few days and shows that…
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This morning’s 7 day QPF map shows a band of heavy rain along the East Coast of the US. This mirrors this morning’s expected path of Hurricane Dorian along the coast. If that happens, then some areas near the coast could see as much as ten inches. But if you’ve been paying attention, you know…
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The good news is that Hurricane Dorian has slowed down. That gives us more time to prepare, since now it is not likely to be affecting Georgia (except for coastal areas, which will get hit sooner) until the middle of next week or later. We also have more confidence in where the storm is likely…
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If you are feeling whiplash from all the media attention on Hurricane Dorian, you are not alone. Any potential for a big storm is going to bring out a lot of media attention, good and bad, and this certainly has the potential to be very bad. Here are a few of my thoughts while looking…
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This week’s spotty rain was enough to improve abnormally dry conditions in Alabama, Georgia, and South Carolina, while leaving the other states unchanged. The spots of drought remain in those areas, however. We probably won’t see a change in next week’s map, since most of the rain in the next 5 days will be in…
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One of the stories in the news this week (besides politics and Hurricane Dorian), was the release of the Farmers’ Almanac winter forecast. They get a tremendous amount of press for something that is basically as good as pure chance, according to Popular Mechanics here. Of course climatologists have known for a long time that…
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Some pretty significant changes in the path of Hurricane Dorian over the last day have increased the risk of significant impacts to Georgia this weekend and next week. Dorian’s path has been farther east than originally forecast, which means that its circulation has avoided the mountainous terrain of the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico. That…