Pam Knox
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The weather is about to turn a lot colder with the passage of one cold front tonight and a second front moving through in a few days. Much colder air is going to cover most of the region except for the Florida Peninsula and areas close to the coast. The coldest mornings will be December…
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The latest 7-day QPF map shows an area of rain (and perhaps snow at some locations and elevations in northern and higher areas) that is likely to drop 1-2 inches of rain over Tennessee and adjacent areas of northern AL and GA as well as western SC and NC and north into Kentucky. There will…
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Did you know that fall is a period of enhanced severe weather in the Southeast? While the main season occurs in spring, we get a second active season in the fall when the jet stream moves from northern parts of the country back to the central and southern latitudes, bringing energy and wind shear that…
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The North Carolina State Climate Office posted their winter outlook for the coming season a few days ago. You can read it by clicking on the title of the story below.
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The most recent seasonal forecast was released today and shows that the December through February pattern is still showing a typical La Nina pattern of warmer and drier than normal conditions across southern sections of our region, even though La Nina has a lower chance of occurrence than it did last month due to the…
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I received word from the NWS office in Peachtree City today that they are discontinuing their seasonal frost/freeze warnings since they have reached the average date of the end of the growing season as they usually do. Of course, this year most of the region has not yet received a freeze, but that is likely…
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The latest Drought Monitor map, released today, shows a widespread area of improvement in drought conditions in central Alabama and small areas of improvement in eastern North Carolina and Virginia. There was some degradation in drought conditions in Tennessee, Florida, and SE North Carolina. There was widespread improvement in the central United States but conditions…
Posted in: Drought