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All my meteorologist friends were talking about the picture of four rainbows captured by Amanda Curtis while she was waiting for a train on Long Island earlier. Some media outlets called it a quadruple rainbow, but after looking at the optics, it was determine instead to the a double rainbow accompanied by a double reflected…
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Monitoring the weather for planning or safety when severe conditions threaten can be a full-time job if you don’t know where to look. The Vane posted an excellent article which describes some of the best apps and web sites for tracking weather at https://thevane.gawker.com/here-are-the-best-websites-and-apps-you-can-use-to-trac-1698292812. Maybe you use some of these already. If there are others you…
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With all the sunshine we get in the Southeast, how does solar energy compare to other parts of the country? Cliff Mass has a good description of solar power climatology at his blog at https://cliffmass.blogspot.com/2015/04/the-meteorology-of-solar-power.html. Even though his blog is focused on the solar power capabilities of Washington State, his maps show the distribution of solar…
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When a forecaster tells you there is a 30 percent chance of rain, what does it mean? This is the subject of a new survey that is going to be discussed at the 43rd American Meteorological Society Broadcast Conference this summer in Raleigh. The researchers want to know the difference between perceptions of PoP forecasts…
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This week is National Environmental Education Week, and there are a number of activities which you can participate in. One of the ones that sounds the most interesting is the Photo Mission to provide photos of resources that can be found on public lands around the country. You can read about the mission, the theme…
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In the last week I’ve received 5.94 inches of rain in my gauge near Athens. Many areas of the Southeast received more than ample rain in the last few days. Fortunately, it looks like we may have a dry spell mid-week to cheer us up and help the farmers catch up on their field work.…
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How do we know temperatures are changing? What data set do you use? What time period do you analyze? How do you make sense of trends with so much year to year variability? If you’ve asked yourself these questions, you will be interested in this story about one analysis of Rhode Island’s Narragansett Bay temperatures…