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The Washington Post wrote earlier this week about the extremes in weather that have occurred around the globe in May. Scientists attribute the extremes at least in part to an unusually stationary jet stream which has locked in place, bringing torrential rain to Texas and Oklahoma and leaving other areas dry, including much of the…
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If you like to watch interesting things flying by overhead, you might be interested in looking for the International Space Station. When it’s zooming past your area, it’s usually the third brightest object in the sky. But how do you know when to look? You can sign up for notifications for when the ISS is…
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The 7-day QPF shows that much of Florida and the area along the East Coast could get hit by quite a bit of rain towards the end of this coming week. Some of the computer forecast models are developing a low pressure area that could move near the Florida peninsula by late in the week.…
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The very wet April followed by the very dry May have caused a variety of agricultural impacts in the Southeast. Here is a sampling of what I have seen in news stories. The Southeast Farm Press noted that the dry conditions in early May came at a bad time for pre-applied herbicides to activate. Weeds…
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The National Centers for Environmental Information (formerly known as the National Climate Data Center) announced a new blog this week which will feature in-depth discussions of current and past climate. They will look at trends in climate over time, compare current to past events, and more generally discuss how climate data are collected and used…
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Jordan McLeod of the Southeast Regional Climate Center put together this nice graphic showing the impact of Atlanta on summer rainfall in North Georgia. Dr. Marshall Shepherd of UGA provided the commentary and posted it on Facebook.
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The latest National Drought Monitor was issued this morning and shows that abnormally dry conditions expanded from 20 to 34 percent of the region, mostly in the western Carolinas and Virginia. Dry conditions decreased in Alabama, but moderate drought reappeared in south-central Georgia, which has missed most of the rain this past month. Updated drought…