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The Georgia Office of the State Climatologist is currently located in the Environmental Protection Division of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources. Dr. Bill Murphey is the State Climatologist and State Meteorologist and Nyasha Dunkley is the Deputy State Climatologist. In addition, there is a service climatologist, Lauren Lindsey, who works with them. Prior to…
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If you did not get a chance to try the “do it yourself” long range forecasts I mentioned this past weekend, here is a look at the next week’s rainfall. In a switch from earlier this season, when most of the rain was falling in the northern part of the Southeast away from the coast,…
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In this series I previously mentioned the state climatologists for each state as a source of useful information on climate, agriculture, and any number of other things. If you have a question related to weather or climate (and sometimes astronomy, earthquakes, and animal behavior as well), they have probably heard it. State climatologists have a…
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Since I am out of town this week on a mission trip with a group from my church, I may not be able to put up the usual weekly precipitation forecast. Here is your handy guide to finding your own long-term forecast info. The main site I use for the 7 day QPF (quantitative precipitation…
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The Beyond the Data blog from the National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI, formerly NCDC) has another excellent entry this week. Jake Crouch describes the evolution of the four-year Texas drought from start to finish. You can read the story at https://www.climate.gov/news-features/blogs/beyond-data/reflections-really-big-drought. The article concludes by stressing the importance of collecting quality data for monitoring climate.
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While farmers can readily adapt to trends in climate by changing varieties or crop management strategies, those who grow trees are more likely to be affected by changing climate since the time span to harvest is so long. EFETEC, the Eastern Forest Environmental Threat Assessment Center, has a new tool which allows land owners and…
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The NOAA climate summary for June 2015 was released this morning. It shows that for the nation as a whole, this past June was the second warmest on record (after June 1933). You can read the summary information now at https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/summary-info/national/201506. The full report will be released on July 13.