Pam Knox
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The State Climate Office of North Carolina has just posted their summer summary along with an outlook for fall. You can read it at https://nc-climate.ncsu.edu/climateblog?id=98&h=37a460a0. They include an outlook for fall colors, so if you are traveling to the area, you might want to take a peek.
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Today most of northeast Georgia is experiencing what natives often call “the wedge,” a shallow layer of cold air that moves down into the state along the east side of the Appalachian Mountains. The official description of this phenomenon is “cold air damming” because the mountains act as a natural dam that restricts the flow…
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One of the questions I got at SRECA last week was about changes in Arctic and Antarctic sea ice over time. Some recent news stories have claimed that Arctic sea ice is making a comeback, while Antarctic sea ice is actually growing. This recent article in Yahoo Finance provides some good information on why neither…
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Georgia was close to normal in temperature for summer 2014. Most stations reported temperatures within one degree of normal, with slightly below normal temperatures dominating in the wetter northern half of the state and slightly above normal temperatures occurring in the drier southern half. Precipitation amounts were drier than normal across most of the state,…
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The 7-day QPF map below shows that northern Georgia and much of Alabama will receive below normal rainfall (normal is roughly an inch a week) but southern Georgia into Florida and the eastern Carolinas should receive more rain this week. The heavier rains in Georgia are predicted to fall over the areas that are now…
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Several articles this week linked pollution in Asia to impacts on agriculture across the world. As you probably know, pollution in China has caused significant health issues locally, including adverse impacts on local crops. But according to an article on pollutionpolllution.com, many eyebrows are being raised at China’s attempt to reduce pollution by cracking down…
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Yahoo News posted a story yesterday from Reuters on Chincoteague Island in Virginia, the gateway to a national wildlife refuge located on a barrier island with a mile-long beach. The story describes the trends in sea level along the island and the varied reactions from these trends and responses to the potential loss in beach…