October 2025
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With the passage of a cold front through the region on Wednesday, cooler and drier air has filtered into the region. Once the clouds move out, radiational cooling should drop the temperature in many places into the 30s, leading to the probability of frost. Most places will not get down to freezing except the higher…
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Here’s a different way to depict the increase of the earth over time. According to the creator, Harlan Brothers, his YouTube video presents “a visualization and sonification of global temperature anomalies over land. The deviations are based on the average temperature from 1950 to 1980. Each note (and point on the graph) represents one month.…
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Since it is near the end of October, let’s take a look at the monthly climate conditions. The summary maps from the High Plains Regional Climate Center show that temperature varied across the region, with the warmest areas in the west and cooler than normal conditions in the east. Precipitation varied across the region, with…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released today, shows that drought increased in Florida and southern AL and GA, but improved in northern GA and AL as well as the Carolinas. There were some additional small slivers of drought noted along the coast of NC and SC. Puerto Rico did not have any change from last week.…
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While the Gulf has been completely quiet this Atlantic tropical season so far, there has been plenty of activity in other parts of the Atlantic. This week, Major Hurricane Melissa is on track to make a direct hit on the island nation of Jamaica, with landfall projected to occur on Tuesday morning potentially as a…
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As I write this on Sunday afternoon, rain has moved through Alabama and is currently moving through northwestern Georgia. By the time I get my blueberry muffins out of the oven (in just a few minutes), the rain should be ready to start falling in Athens. Other regions in the Southeast will also see more…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released today, shows an expansion of extreme (D3) drought in southern Georgia and the Florida Panhandle and in western Alabama as well as the addition of a new area near Atlanta. Many other parts of the region also experienced worsening conditions due to the significantly lower than average rainfall this month…
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