Sources of weather and climate data
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The Covington (GA) NWS cooperative weather observer recently stopped observing, and a replacement is needed soon. This is one of the oldest records in Georgia, with nearly 150 years of records available. The observer would need to host an 8 inch rain gauge and a max/min electronic thermometer in a suitable open area and take…
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I was in Jekyll Island last week attending the Georgia Environmental Conference and saw this beautiful scene outside my hotel window one morning: The rays which appear to be stretching out from the horizon are called crepuscular rays, and are actually beams of sunlight shining through breaks in clouds below the horizon. You can…
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The National Drought Monitor released their latest drought map today and severe drought (D2–dark tan on drought map) showed up for the first time in Georgia since March 19, 2013. Two small areas in south central and southwest Georgia were identified and are well correlated with the lowest departures from normal over the last 90…
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Now that we are approaching the most active time of the tropical season, you might like to track tropical activity for yourself. The New Orleans Times-Picayune has a great primer on how to use the National Hurricane Center web site to look at tropical outlooks and storm forecasts. Check it out by clicking here. Meanwhile,…
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The Tri-State row crop farming group has recently launched a new blog-style website with information on agriculture in the Southeast. Some posts from this site will be cross-posted here. You can check out their site at https://www.siftag.org/
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The Quantitative Precipitation Forecast (GPF) for the Southeast for the next seven days shows below normal rainfall for most of the area, with the exception of peninsular Florida. With lower humidity and abundant sunshine, this might be a good time to make some hay (maybe literally) with your outdoor activities. The next three days should…
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The National Weather Service has a new interactive web site which will allow you to look at radar-estimated rainfall over a variety of time scales. You can zoom in and out, add county lines, and download data. Check it out at https://www.srh.noaa.gov/ridge2/RFC_Precip/
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