Pam Knox
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In spite of removal of many trees from around urban areas, some pockets of old-growth forest still remain. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution wrote about a few such remnant forests around Atlanta in an article earlier this week which noted that these forests have been recognized by the Maryland-based Old-Growth Forest Network. You can read about it here.…
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The State Climate Office of North Carolina has an interesting look back at a storm in May 1992 which brought heavy snow to parts of the southern Appalachian Mountains. I remember this storm well because I was spending three weeks in Asheville NC at the National Climatic Data Center looking for historical climate data for…
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This week is NOAA’s Hurricane Preparedness Week. Do you know what to do if a hurricane or tropical storm is forecast for your area? What can you do to plan ahead? The NWS offices in the Southeast are putting out tips all week in preparation for the official start of the Atlantic Tropical Season on…
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The National Centers for Environmental Information released the climate maps for April 2017 today. They show that for most of the East coast, temperatures were well above normal and many areas were the warmest on record. This helped contribute to the year-to-date maps, which show a large swath of the South and East with its…
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A new mapping tool that allows you to look at historical and projected trends in precipitation from satellite and ground-based data is now available at https://rainsphere.eng.uci.edu/. According to a description of the tool in the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society (link), CHRS RainSphere was designed as an educational tool that allows users to quickly and…
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WeatherNation TV reported this weekend that the town of Saint George in Charlton County had to be evacuated due to heavy smoke and fire from the West Mims fire which I have mentioned previously in this blog. The fire expanded rapidly over the weekend. Smoke from the fire traveled as far as Jacksonville FL. You…
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The second deadliest tornado in history happened in Natchez MS on May 7, 1840. A large and powerful tornado went right through the center of town, flattening most of the buildings. But even worse was the damage on the Mississippi River, which was filled with boats, including 120 flatboats and a steam boat. Many bodies…