Tropical weather
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As of 11 pm tonight, Potential Tropical Storm 6 (soon to be known as Fred) is moving west into the Caribbean and then NW towards the Florida peninsula. Of course, since it is not even a named storm yet, there is a lot of uncertainty about where this storm will go and how strong it…
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The latest 5-day tropical outlook for the Atlantic tonight shows two areas of interest. The closer one may track over or near Puerto Rico, Hispaniola, and Cuba before approaching the US mainland, most likely as a weak storm. The farther one is less organized and who knows where it will go. There is also another…
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NOAA released their updated outlook for the Atlantic hurricane season today. It shows that there is a 65% chance of an above-normal number of storms this season and only a 10% chance it will be less than normal. Considering how many storms we have already had (5), this is not a surprise. NOAA predicts 15-21…
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After a couple of hot days, the beginning of August is expected to be cooler and wetter than normal, especially across the southern half of Georgia, as a nearly stationary front is expected to sit over the area for a lot of the week. This means lower temperatures, especially during the day, less solar radiation,…
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Here is a teacher’s resource for educators of kids in grades 5-8 on coastal impacts of climate variability and change. The material was jointly produced by NASA and EPA in 2008, so it is a little dated since we have had a lot of hurricanes and tropical storms that affected the coast since then. However,…
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A messy area of low pressure off the coast of Florida this week is drifting west and is expected to bring some rain to coastal areas of northeast Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina early this week. The low has only a small chance of developing into a tropical depression, so winds are not expected to…
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As I am writing, the rain from TS Elsa is falling outside. The tree frogs are going nuts! The remains of Elsa are crossing Georgia’s coastal plain tonight, and it is headed off to the northeast towards the Carolinas and Virginia. It is expected to be a tropical depression by the time it hits North…