Interesting weather images
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The Weather Channel posted an interesting map earlier this month showing how the date of the peak heat in the summer has changed over time. Parts of the US are peaking later in the summer, but in most of the Southeast, the average date of the highest temperature is actually coming several days earlier now…
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Forbes magazine had an interesting video this week highlighting the history of viewing Earth from space, starting with rocket-based photography in 1946 and continuing through satellites to human space flight to planetary explorers. My major professor as a Master of Science student was Dr. Vernor Suomi, the “father” of satellite meteorology, who recognized the importance of…
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Do you feel like the rain showers that are passing through the area are always missing you? One of the problems with summertime thunderstorms is that they are highly variable in space and time, hitting some areas repeatedly while missing others altogether. Over the long haul, the rainfall should distribute itself out, but on the…
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I am headed to Brunswick for an August 11 meeting with Extension agents from around southeast Georgia, and stopped tonight to take this picture of sunset over the coastal marshes near Darien, GA. You can see the shadows of thunderstorm towers (which are located to the west of where I was taking the picture) on…
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The College of DuPage web site has updated satellite images which show the slowly spinning low pressure that is bringing rain to parts of the Southeast. I’ve put one from the afternoon of August 8 below. It shows the low slowly meandering across Georgia. You can also see it in the radar picture, which I’ve…
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The Sightline Institute published a unique resource on climate change back in 2013 that just came to my attention. Dr. Greg Johnson, a Northwest oceanographer, published a set of 19 illustrated haikus which summarize the latest IPCC report on changing climate. Take a look at the beautiful artwork and see how succinctly this very large…
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Groundwater supplies much of the irrigation water in the central Plains of the United States. A lot of this comes from the Ogallala Aquifer. National Geographic produced an interesting set of graphics on the aquifer recently that you might be interested in looking at. You can view it here.