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I noticed when I was looking at the hourly weather forecast for Athens that the next two nights will both have freezes here in Athens, but the types of freezes will be quite different. You can see it quite well using the hourly graphical temperature forecast, so I thought I would discuss them using the…
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Since it is halfway through the month, here is a quick look at the climate so far this month. The temperature departure map shows that everywhere in the Southeast is much warmer than normal after a cold start to winter. The pattern is especially intense in southern GA and AL and into Florida, as we…
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The USDA Risk Management Agency folks that administer the HIP-WI hurricane and tropical storm insurance recently held two webinars that explain how the hurricane insurance works and where the data for verification of claims comes from. You can view a recording of the webinar at Jan. 16 – HIP-WI and TS – Webinar Video.
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I have seen a number of stories in the last few weeks on various aspects of weather, climate, agriculture, and natural disasters. Here are a few I found interesting, including several on the impacts of the January snow on agriculture. Time: How architects are designing for disaster resilience CSRA News: Double B Plant Farm in…
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The latest 7-day QPF map shows a bifurcated pattern in the rainfall this week due to two storms that will pass over the Southeast. The first of them is moving into Alabama tonight and will progress through the region on Sunday. I expect to get some rain early in the morning on Sunday a few…
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This time of year I get a lot of questions about how this year’s weather is affected by changes in the climate over time. Here is an interesting article from Time magazine that describes the kinds of changes we expect to see across the United States. Since I am from Western Michigan, I was interested…
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NOAA released the latest ENSO outlook today. It shows that La Nina is currently present as it has been for the last month, but it is weak and is expected to transition back to ENSO-neutral conditions by the March-May period. Neutral conditions are expected to continue through most of the summer, which may lead to…
Posted in: El Nino and La Nina