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Yesterday Orlando tied its all-time record for number of days with measurable rain in the month of September. You can read a story about the record here at the Orlando Sentinel website. The airport in Orlando reported more rain today, which means that they have set a new record for the month. Several other cities…
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If you have outdoor workers who are susceptible to asthma attacks, you may be interested in this recently published research by UGA scientist Andrew Grundstein. Dr. Grundstein points out that usually rain is linked to lower pollen and dust amounts and reduced asthma symptoms. However, in his research he found that thunderstorms often have the…
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The American Meteorological Society has recently released their annual report “Explaining Extreme Events of 2013 from a Climate Perspective”. In this report they analyze sixteen different extreme weather events for how often they were likely to happen as well as the economic impacts they caused. Part of their analysis was to determine whether the recent…
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The Southeast Regional Climate Center posted a note on Facebook today saying that they had received many inquiries this month about the number of rainy days in September. They posted a couple of maps which show the number of days with precipitation of at least 0.01 inches and the ranking of the count for each…
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A story this week in the Virginian-Pilot discusses the quandary buyers are having in purchasing property in low-lying areas in Norfolk, VA. As you may know, properties near the coast are usually desirable and expensive and in high demand. But realtors in Norfolk are starting to see people think twice about buying property near water…
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If you like to look at weather maps, radar, satellite pictures, and text forecasts and spend too much time going from one web site to another, this might be the solution for you. DaculaWeather’s website contains multiple pages of radar, satellite pictures, observations, forecasts from a variety of models, forecast text products from National Weather…
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Bloomburg Businessweek published a map this week that caught my attention. It shows the results of a recent research project by German scientists which predict changes in suitability for agriculture in the period 2071-2100 compared to the present under modeled changes in climate. The map shows that the Southeast is an area which is predicted…