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The latest Atlantic tropical outlook for the next week shows several areas of interest plus Tropical Storm Franklin, which crossed the Dominican Republic today and is headed north. The remains of Emily are showing a pretty high likelihood of reforming but will not affect the United States, and the eastern wave also does not show…
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Extreme weather this year is not just affecting agriculture in the United States. Farmers in many other parts of the world are also experience tragic losses of fruit, honey, and other agricultural products due to extreme heat, rain, hail, and other weather phenomena. Here is an example from Euro News about the loss of fruit…
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Update: Gert formed overnight between Emily and Franklin from TD 6 but is not expected to last long. In the past day we have had two new named tropical storms in the Atlantic: Emily and Franklin. There are also two additional areas that have a 70% chance of becoming named storms in the next week.…
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A new study released this week by scientists from Columbia University shows that deaths from hurricanes are likely far higher than the official counts released by the National Hurricane Center, according to an article by Seth Borenstein at Associated Press. The scientists looked at excess deaths after the storms, a standard statistical technique that is…
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The latest 7-day precipitation outlook for the Southeast shows that most areas of the region other than Florida will get little to no rain in the next week. Most shower activity that occurs will be late in the week. This is due to a big area of high pressure that will dominate the weather pattern…
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Now that we are approaching the peak season for Atlantic tropical storms and hurricanes, suddenly the National Hurricane Maps have become a lot more interesting. Today’s 7-day outlook shows four different potential areas of development. Fortunately for us in the Southeast and western parts of the basin, the two eastern storms, which are the most…