Tropical weather
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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…
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Elsa has restrengthened back to a hurricane after weakening earlier this weekend. It is now headed for the Cedar Key area in the Big Bend region of the northwest Florida Coast. I was interested to read from Brian McNulty, one of the hurricane specialists I follow, that “the last time a hurricane made landfall within…
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As of 11 pm on Monday July 5, 2021, Tropical Storm Elsa has crossed Cuba and is now over the ocean again. It has lost a little strength over the Cuban mountains but is expected to regain some of it, although the prediction is that it will not regain hurricane strength in the time it…
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