Pam Knox

  • After the rain, dry conditions return

    The pesky upper level low that is currently dumping streams of rain across South Carolina, northern Georgia and adjoining areas is moving very slowly and will continue to bring heavy rain to the region for the next couple of days.  You can see the progression of the low in the daily rainfall maps at https://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/qpf/day1-7.shtml.…

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  • Temperatures across Georgia in September were slightly below normal for most of the state. Precipitation varied more across the region but most areas reported less than normal except along in the far southeast. The precipitation was scarce early in the month but rain was much more plentiful during the last week, resulting in a reduction…

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  • Update on flooding and Joaquin

    The latest forecast for rainfall from the current combination of weather events is shown below.  Note that the general pattern and amount of rain expected has not changed.  The NWS is still expecting historic rainfall amounts in South Carolina and heavy rain in adjoining areas of North Carolina and Georgia.  Slight changes in the weather…

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  • The streamflow image from https://earth.nullschool.net this morning shows the complicated pattern that is affecting the weather in the Southeast today.  The first image shows the surface wind across the Southeast, which includes the spin of Hurricane Joaquin, plus the weaker spin of Investigation 90 to the east, which has an 80 percent chance of becoming a named…

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  • The Florida climate summary for September 2015 is now available at https://climatecenter.fsu.edu/products-services/summaries/climate-summary-for-florida-september-2015.

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  • The 11 pm forecast track for Hurricane Joaquin shows the tendency toward moving the track east is continuing, with the latest track now holding the center of the storm well off the East Coast as it travels north.  This will result in less hurricane-based impacts from the storm in the Southeast.  The 10:30 pm infrared NOAA…

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  • As of 2 pm, Hurricane Joaquin is now considered a dangerous category 4 hurricane with winds of 130 mph battering parts of the Bahama Islands.  The latest projected path keeps it off shore, although there is still a lot of range in what the models are predicting.  However, the strong flow around the storm directing…

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