Tropical weather
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The circulation that drifted south off the coast from Georgia is now slowly gaining structure and is expected to become Tropical Storm Barry within the next day. Very warm water in the eastern Gulf will help the circulation spin up to a TS and potentially even a hurricane if it moves westward over the warm…
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The NWS office in Birmingham AL has prepared a series of seven short videos highlighting hurricane awareness and preparedness that are now available on YouTube. These videos are good for everyone to review but are especially useful because they are closed captioned and also feature an American Sign Language interpreter. You can see the first…
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The Atlantic has been pretty quiet so far this tropical season, but that may be about to change. A low pressure center now located along the border of Georgia and Tennessee is expected to slowly drift south over the eastern Gulf of Mexico in the next few days. The warm water there could lead to…
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Here is a message from the Southeast Regional Climate Hub (USDA) about presentations from their recent workshop on Building Agricultural Resistance to Hurricanes. Please see below for the links to the different sessions. We’re pleased to announce that presentations from the Building Agricultural Resilience to Hurricanes Workshop are finally available online. See links below. Sorry…
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Fox News reported that most of the 3 million acres of forestland that was destroyed by Hurricane Michael in 2018 is literally rotting away on the ground. Only about 13 percent of it has been recovered so far. Many timber producers are seeing their life savings lost because it is not possible to salvage all…
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A recent study published in the journal Nature and described in the Daytona Beach News-Journal showed that in coming years the east coast of the US may become more vulnerable to devastating hurricanes because of an expected decrease in wind shear over the region, which could allow hurricanes to intensify more quickly. That, along with…
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Months after Hurricane Michael came onshore in the panhandle of Florida, many homeowners have barely begun to rebuild. This is due to a combination of lack of building materials and workers plus delays in getting relief money to the region. Driving through the region you can see many homes flattened by the waves and wind…