September 2024
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The latest ENSO prediction from NOAA, issued September 12, shows that we are still in a La Nina watch, with La Nina expected to be officially declared in the September through November time frame. It is expected to be a weak one that will last through the January-March 2025 period. A weak La Nina has…
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Earlier this week NOAA released their monthly climate summary for the globe for August 2024. It showed that this was the 15th month in a row that set a record high temperature for the globe in 175 years of data. It was also the 2nd lowest area of Antarctic sea ice. Nearly all of the…
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I can hear it raining outside my window this morning in Athens, but once this rain moves through over the weekend, we should see a mostly dry week for north Georgia and western parts of the Carolinas and Virginia, with most of the rain focused on areas along the coasts. The rain today is associated…
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The latest monthly and seasonal climate summary for the United States for August and Summer 2024 was released by NOAA earlier this week. It showed that while August was not a lot above normal in most of the United States, it was very warm in the Southwest, and overall the summer (June through August) was…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released on Thursday morning, shows that drought has expanded across most of the western part of our region due to heat and lack of rainfall. A small sliver of extreme (D3) drought was identified in northern Alabama and many areas of drought jumped up a category, while there were just a…
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At 11 am today, Tropical Storm Francine formed in the western Gulf as it became more developed over the warm water there. Francine is expected to slowly move north and gain hurricane strength before it makes landfall along the Louisiana coast sometime Wednesday afternoon according to the current predictions. It will continue to move north…
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Women’s Health posted an interesting story this week about how heat waves affect the health of pregnant women, especially in the time period close to their due date. If the heat lasts for several days, the women become more likely to experience contractions and may even go into early labor due the heat and dehydration…