Whether it’s nature’s fireworks in the form of thunderstorms or the more traditional variety, I hope you enjoy a sky full of light. Have a wonderful Independence Day with family and friends! A special thanks to those who work today to keep us safe, including the National Weather Service employees…
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The New York Times noted in a story earlier this week that sometime later this summer, a United jet will fly from Los Angeles to San Francisco using biofuel from farm waste and oils derived from animal fats. This is a first step by the airlines to convert more of their…
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If you are an astronomer, today marks the official start of astronomical summer (for climatologists, it started on June 1). The sun reaches its northernmost point in the sky at 12:39 PM EDT. You can read about the solstice at http://www.timeanddate.com/calendar/june-solstice.html. EarthSky also has a nice gallery of photos taken at…
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I want to take a minute to recognize Jordan McLeod, former University of Georgia graduate student, as the winner of the 2014-2015 WxChallenge, a yearly national collegiate weather forecasting competition. You can read the UGA press release here. Jordan is now a climatologist with the Southeast Regional Climate Center in Chapel…
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The Community Collaborative Rain Hail and Snow network, called CoCoRaHS for short, is a network of volunteer precipitation observers across the US and now into Canada as well. They collect daily rainfall observations in a set of uniform rain gauges and enter the data into their website at http://www.cocorahs.org. Today…
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The Southeast Climate Consortium is holding a one-day workshop on Agricultural Solutions in Orange Beach AL on August 10. [NOTE this is a correction from the original post, which said Orange Beach FL.] At this workshop you can learn about a variety of weather- and climate-related topics, including irrigation, cover…
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Since today is D-Day, you may be interested in the importance of weather forecasting to the success of the mission. The History Channel has an excellent write-up of why the forecasters were so crucial to picking the best date for the massive invasion here. Another short article on the forecasts…
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