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I have been getting a lot of calls and emails this week asking why the tropics have been so quiet. In reality, we are pretty close to average conditions. The last two years had active conditions early in the season compared to this one, but there is a lot of variation from one year to…
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The latest 7-day precipitation map shows that we are entering a rainier pattern in the next week. The heaviest rain will be concentrated along a band that stretches from southern Alabama through the Florida Panhandle, the coastal plain of Georgia and South Carolina, and continuing along the coast to include eastern North Carolina. The Appalachian…
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I am running behind on my posts since I was attending the Mesonet Conference in Albany NY last week. The latest Drought Monitor, released last Thursday shows that there were some increases in abnormally dry (D0) conditions across a lot of the region as well as some improvements in NE Florida due to the impacts…
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Join us for the Southeast Climate Monthly Webinar! This webinar series provides the region with information on current and developing climate conditions such as drought, floods, and tropical storms, as well as climatic events like El Niño and La Niña. Speakers may also discuss the impacts of these conditions on topics such as wildfires, agriculture production,…
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Have you ever seen a green sky? I can recall a few. Most often they are seen during severe weather, especially when hail is present. Here is an interesting story and explanation for where green skies come from: The Colorful Mystery of Green Thunderstorms – The Front Page, published by the American Meteorological Society blog…
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With the growth of social media has come the growth of conspiracy theories about the weather that pop up over and over again on some influencers’ clickbait posts. In this Forbes article, Dr. Marshall Shepherd of UGA debunks the top six weather conspiracy theories that appear over and over again. Most recently: the idea that…
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The latest 7-day QPF map shows that early in the week, most of the rain will fall in northern parts of the region and along the Appalachian Mountains. During the rest of the week, the focus will be on the Gulf Coast and Florida, where the remains of Investigation 93 may rotate around the high…
Posted in: Climate outlooks