Pam Knox
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Rain across parts of the region led to an improvement in drought and abnormally dry conditions this week, with just two very small areas in Alabama and Georgia getting worse. Rain or wintry precipitation in the next week may lead to more improvements. If you are interested to see where the changes occurred, you can…
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Over the last few days I have received several questions about media reports of much colder weather that is expected to move into the Southeast over the next couple of weeks. In many cases this has been tied to ominous pictures of snowfall maps showing up to a foot of snow falling in one location…
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While a lot of the statistics for the 2024 climate are still being compiled and quality-controlled, we can take a quick look at the preliminary yearly statistics using the High Plains Regional Climate Center’s online maps at https://hprcc.unl.edu/maps.php?maps=ACISClimateMaps. They show that overall the Southeast was generally 1-2 degrees warmer than normal, with the highest deviations…
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The latest monthly climate outlook for January 2025 was released earlier this week by NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center. It shows that colder than normal conditions are likely across most of the Southeast. Precipitation does not show a trend to wetter or drier than usual conditions and will be highly dependent on the development of storms…
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It’s hard to believe another year has come and gone. I started this blog in 2014, so more than ten years have passed since I started it. But I never get tired of talking about weather and climate, so here we go again! Today, I want to wish you a happy and prosperous New Year…
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I will be pausing the blog until the end of the year to spend time with family and friends over the holidays. I thank you all for your continued support of this blog and I look forward to coming back near the end of 2024 to take a preliminary look at the climate statistics for…
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The earth experienced the winter solstice early in the morning on December 21, marking the day when the sun appears to be the lowest in the sky before it starts gradually climbing again. The days will start to increase in length again by a few minutes a day as we head through winter and towards…