Pam Knox
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Weather Underground‘s latest blog lists ten myths about hurricanes that are not true. Since the tropical season has already started, it’s important to know about the storms that could affect us here in the Southeast (and beyond!) this summer. You can read the list at https://www.wunderground.com/news/hurricane-myths-debunked-2016#prclt-FiGV1ecp.
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The latest 7-day QPF shows that the Florida panhandle is going to be the wet spot this week as likely Tropical Storm Colin develops and crosses the peninsula early next week. Rainfall of over 5 inches may be seen in some areas. Elsewhere in the Southeast, most areas will see at least an inch of…
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Spring is officially over (climatologically speaking) and now we look forward to summer. I often get asked whether a hot spring means a hot summer, or some other permutation of that question. Often, there is no correlation between seasons. However, in the latest “Beyond the Data” blog entry from Climate.gov, Deke Arndt discusses the impact of a…
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Growing Georgia reported that the Georgia Farm Bureau is expecting a bumper crop of peaches this year. Even though December was very warm, cold temperatures in January and late February brought enough chill hours to get the peach trees ready to bloom, and a feared late frost did not materialize, leading to good production for…
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As the El Niño continues to weaken, colder than normal water is starting to emerge in the eastern Pacific Ocean where unusually warm water previously resided. This is a sign that the El Niño will soon be gone, although the process for declaring it ended usually takes several months to make sure that the event…
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While record-setting rain fell in Savannah, most of Georgia suffered from a lack of rainfall in May. The result: drought expanded across the state, and severe drought was introduced into the northwest corner of the state by the end of the month. Temperatures at most locations were near normal in May. In Atlanta, the monthly…
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The latest climate summary for Florida for May 2016 is now available at https://climatecenter.fsu.edu/products-services/summaries/climate-summary-for-florida-may-2016.
Posted in: Climate summaries