Events
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The Georgia Climate Project (GCP) is a three-year effort by academic institutions across the state (including Emory, Georgia Tech, and UGA) to improve understanding of climate impacts and solutions in Georgia. GCP is working on something called the Georgia Climate Research Roadmap. The roadmap is an effort to identify and rank “Georgia’s Top 40” climate research questions.…
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Did you wake up this morning already feeling behind? The loss of an hour last night probably contributed to that. Dr. Marshall Shepherd has an interesting post at Forbes.com today about Daylight Saving Time. You can read it here. I used to be more concerned about it when I worked in Wisconsin and was doing…
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Once again it is time for the CoCoRaHS “March Madness” competition between states to see who will sign up the most new CoCoRaHS observers. So far this year, after six days, Florida with 24 new observers is edging out North Carolina with 21. South Carolina has 11 and Georgia just three, while Alabama has yet…
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March 1 marks the beginning of spring for climatologists–if you’re an astronomer, you will have to wait until later this month. Dr. Marshall Shepherd describes why we use March 1 as the start of spring in his Forbes.com blog here. Wednesday will feel like spring across the Southeast, including a chance for severe weather, so…
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On February 9, 1870, Congress and President Ulysses S. Grant passed a law to establish the first national weather service in the United States. You can read more about the history of weather observations in the US at https://www.weather.gov/timeline. They are hard at work 24/7/365 to keep us safe as well as to provide information that…
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I am holding a training meeting on Tuesday February 7 at 11 am EST on sources of weather and climate data for Extension agents. The meeting will focus on Georgia data sources but many of the sources are national or regional so others may find it helpful. It won’t be an exhaustive list but it…
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Although severe weather can and does happen in Georgia and the Southeast in every month of the year, spring is the season with the most events and the highest chance of occurrence. The National Weather Service is recognizing this week as Severe Weather Awareness Week and will be posting stories every day about different types…