Pam Knox

  • As the World Series ended last night with the Royals on top, the skies lit up with amateur fireworks across Kansas City.  In fact, there was so much smoke and debris they were visible on the NWS radar.  You can read about it at Deadspin here.  Radar has been known to pick up migrating birds,…

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  • The State Climate Office of North Carolina posted their October 2015 climate summary online this morning.  You can find it at https://climate.ncsu.edu/climateblog?id=160&h=5666e5c1.

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  • Four odd facts about rain

    Dr. Marshall Shepherd of UGA has a new post on his blog at Forbes.com about some unusual facts about rain.  Whether it is raining or not at your location, you might enjoy reading it.  You can find it at https://www.forbes.com/sites/marshallshepherd/2015/11/02/4-odd-facts-about-rain/.

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  • Musings on fall

    I’ve read several articles on fall recently that I have really enjoyed.  Since it is too wet to do much outside unless you have to (at least in my area), you might enjoy them too. First, the State Climate Office of North Carolina did a nice explanation of the changing color of the leaves at…

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  • The preliminary climate maps for October 2015 show a division between the Carolinas and Virginia, which were wetter than normal, and Georgia, Florida and Alabama, which were mostly drier than normal. The wettest area was the coastal area of South Carolina with a small extension into North Carolina due to the flooding event early in…

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  • Scary weather scenes in horror movies

    Matt Daniel wrote a blog entry in EarthSky this weekend describing some of the scary weather that has been seen in horror movies.  For Halloween you might enjoy reading about them at https://earthsky.org/earth/favorite-scary-weather-scenes-in-horror-movies.

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  • Heavy rain is expected to extend in a band across most of Alabama and northern Georgia for this weekend and Monday.  Rain is starting to enter Alabama on Saturday morning, but should hold off for Georgia until after Halloween festivities (unless you party really late!).  The rain is expected to be heavy at times and…

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