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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…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released earlier this week, shows that abnormally dry (D0) conditions expanded in most states this week with the exception of Georgia, which saw reduced coverage due to recent rains. Small areas of moderate drought (D1) were added to North Carolina and Alabama, and drought expanded slightly in Florida this week. There…
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The latest 7-day tropical outlook shows that the two disturbances that appeared earlier this week now both show a 50% of developing into a named storm in the next week, although the eastern one is not likely to approach land if it forms. A third area of interest is now depicted in the Gulf of…
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NOAA released their monthly climate report for the earth earlier this week. The report showed that this was the warmest July on earth since records began in 1880, 174 years ago. It was also the 4th consecutive month of global sea surface record temperatures. While the Southeast was not the hottest region of the world,…
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On Monday this week, I flew from Atlanta to Washington DC to attend a conference on soil moisture monitoring. My airplane was supposed to land at Reagan National Airport (DCA), but because of a tornado warning at the airport at our scheduled arrival, we flew around in circles for a while and then were diverted…
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The latest 7-day outlook for the Atlantic Ocean basin today shows that there are two potential areas for tropical storm development in waves that have recently come off of Africa or are about to move over the ocean. Neither of these will develop in the next couple of days but both have the potential to…
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The latest 7-day QPF map shown below indicates that while most of the Southeast will get some rain, amounts in areas north of the Fall Line will be quite light. The highest chance of rain in Alabama and northern Georgia this week will be today, Saturday, and then will diminish to near nothing by Monday.…
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