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Here is a neat tool for looking at historical tornado tracks across the country. It is run by the Midwestern Climate Center using the official Storm Prediction Center database and mapped onto an interactive map. You can zoom into your county and filter by date and Fujita scale of tornado. It defaults to F3 and…
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You can find the Florida climate summary for July 2014 at https://climatecenter.fsu.edu/products-services/summaries/climate-summary-for-florida-july-2014 and the North Carolina climate summary at https://nc-climate.ncsu.edu/climateblog?id=86&h=5666e5c1.
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A small area of drought returned to Georgia at the end of July following a record-setting dry July in Alma. The station received only 0.44 inches for the month, much lower than the previous record of 0.77 inches set in 2006. Most of the state received less than the normal rainfall, but cooler temperatures helped…
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The National Drought Monitor brought a small area of D1 drought (in tan on the map below) back to Georgia this week after Alma reported its driest July ever. They received just 0.41 inches for the entire month, much lower than the previous record of 0.77 inches set in 2006. Their records go back to…
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Tropical Storm Bertha has formed in the Atlantic Ocean and is headed to the northwest, following a typical path for Atlantic hurricanes. However, because of the trough of low pressure across the eastern part of the country, the storm is expected to veer away from land and recurve to the north and east before it…
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The National Weather Service office in Peachtree City GA announced that today is National Heatstroke Prevention Day. Heat is one of the leading killers due to weather across the nation, resulting in hundreds of fatalities each year. Since farmers and extension agents spend a lot of time outdoors in sultry summer conditions, it is important…
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David Zierden, the Florida State climatologist, provides this update on El Nino: Chances continue to lessen for the development of El Niño in late summer or fall. Evolution of Sea Surface Temperatures Back in mid-March through June, sea surface temperatures along the equator in the Pacific Ocean warmed significantly in response to a strong…
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