Pam Knox
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This coming week rain is expected over the Southeast, with the lowest amounts in Florida and the highest amounts stretching from the eastern Gulf of Mexico up the East Coast. This track will bring significant rain to southeastern Georgia, where abnormally dry conditions have lingered over the past few months as they have missed a…
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The National Weather Service has issued a Day 5 Outlook (Tuesday to Wednesday next week) for severe weather which indicates a moderate chance of severe weather. The severe weather includes the chance for strong winds, hail, and tornadoes. Localized heavy rain is also possible. The center of the most likely area is in Alabama and…
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National Public Radio published this story yesterday on the growth of the oyster industry in the Southeast. “The oyster industry is now casting its eye down the Southeast coast and seeing paradise,” says Rowan Jacobsen, author of The Essential Oyster: A Salty Appreciation of Taste And Temptation to be published in October. “More than 6,000…
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Lamont-Doherty Earth Laboratory of Columbia University just released a new set of Northern Hemisphere temperature data derived from tree rings that covers the last 1000 years. Tree rings are an important source of what is called “proxy” data, since scientists use information about how trees grow to determine the climate conditions which were affecting their…
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El Niño has been strongly affecting the climate of the Southeast for the past few months, leading to our current wet conditions. While temperatures in December were much warmer than expected for an El Niño winter, since then the Southeast has cooled down to more normal values. Cloudiness this year has also been an issue…
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Here’s a map I found on Twitter recently showing the record 3-day snowfall event for each part of the country, updated to include the storm from last weekend. It could be worse! I also read an article today in USA Today which discussed the increase in blizzards over time across the US. Research by geographer…
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Today marks the 30th anniversary of the Challenger disaster. The Challenger mission was a highly anticipated launch carrying not only astronauts but also teacher Christa McAuliffe into space. It was launched on a bitterly cold day in Florida with at a temperature of 36 degrees, 15 degrees colder than any previous launch. At 73 seconds into…