Pam Knox
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The 7-day QPF map shows another dry week in store for most of the Southeast. The only exception will be the peninsula of Florida, which will see a lot of rain along the boundary of the unusually cold air that is expected to move into the area during the week. I’ve discussed this outbreak of…
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Since cold weather is on the way this coming week, it seems appropriate that NOAA published a map showing the average coldest day of the year. For most of the coastal plains area of the Southeast, the coldest air comes around the first week of January. Areas in the northern part of Georgia and Alabama…
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The latest Drought Monitor shows that moderate (D1) drought has expanded in the Southeast from last week. Two areas have been newly designated in D1, including east central Georgia and central and western Alabama. The percentage of the Southeast in D1 has expanded from 6.6 to 9.2 percent of the area. For more details, go…
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The first few days of November have been more than nine degrees below average for most of the Southeast. You can visualize this data for yourself (sample current map shown below) at the High Plains Climate Center’s current climate summary maps website: https://www.hprcc.unl.edu/maps/current/index.php?action=update_region®ion=US Unfortunately for those who like warm weather, these cold conditions are expected to…
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Two stories in news feeds this morning illustrate why climatologists look at weather patterns in other parts of the world to tell us what might be happening in the Southeast. The Capital Weather Gang posted a story about how the unprecedented warm water off the West Coast of the US may help “lock in” the…
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A new summary report issued by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change was issued earlier this week and has generated a lot of activity on public blogs and in the media. You can read the original report here. It’s a lot to wade through, though, so you might prefer to start with some articles on…
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The unusual early-season snowstorm that hit the East Coast this past weekend was the result of an upper-level low pressure area which rotated around a deep dip in the polar jet stream, bringing extremely cold air aloft to the region. The result of this cold air high in the atmosphere was to cause precipitation to…