Pam Knox
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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…
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We are now entering the time of year when we start to get fronts moving through Georgia and other southern regions of the Southeast with more regularity. Ahead of a cold front our air gets warmer and moister and rain is likely to fall as the front approaches. After the cold front passes, we see…
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The latest global climate summary for October 2024 was released by NOAA this week. It shows that the earth as a whole was the second warmest year since official records began in 1880. Many areas had record warmth but a few areas were still below the long-term average, including the area where La Nina is…
Posted in: Climate summaries