Pam Knox
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The latest 7-day QPF forecast for the Southeast shows another wet week for the peninsula of Florida, with a chance of showers every day next week. Other areas of the Southeast can also expect to experience scattered showers, although away from the coast there should be some dry days next Monday through Thursday. The big…
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Yesterday NOAA released their latest global climate summary for July 2015. The summary showed that for global temperatures, this year’s July was the warmest in the 136-year instrumental record. The average January through July global temperature was also the hottest in the 136-year record. On the NOAA webinar yesterday, scientists noted that with the El…
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The Climate Learning Network has archived their recent webinar by Steve McNulty, the Director of the USDA Southern Regional Climate Hub. He spoke about how to communicate about climate change impacts and options to a skeptical audience on their regular webinar series. You can find the archived webinar here. You can find a calendar of…
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Yesterday several meteorology friends, including Jordan McLeod from the Southeast Regional Climate Center, posted pictures online showing the difference in size between Typhoon Atsani in the Pacific Ocean and Hurricane Danny in the Atlantic. Here is the comparison of the two satellite images. You can see how small Danny is compared to the very large…
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The latest Drought Monitor, issued this morning, shows an area of severe drought has developed in east-central Georgia in Screven, Jenkins, and Bulloch Counties. This area is an extension of the severe drought which has been present in the Carolinas for the last few weeks. The drought expansion is due to the continuation of warm…
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At 11 AM this morning the National Hurricane Center declared that Danny has been upgraded to hurricane status. This makes the storm the first hurricane of the year. On the satellite picture below you can see the beginning of an eye, which often appears about the time a storm reaches hurricane status. Danny still has…
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This morning NOAA published their latest outlooks for the upcoming fall and winter climate. Maps are shown below. You can also get them at https://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/predictions/long_range/seasonal.php?lead=1. The outlook for September shows that Florida and southern Georgia and Alabama have the best chance of above normal temperatures and below normal precipitation, while other areas don’t have a strong…