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Many of my friends that work or worked in the National Weather Service have been affected by the reduction in the federal workforce that started after President Trump took office. The result was a significant loss of personnel in the NWS and in NOAA, leading to cuts in service because so many positions were vacant.…
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NOAA released their monthly climate summary for July 2025 a few days ago. They discuss the unusual nighttime warm temperatures in the eastern half of the US as well as the multiple flash flood events that occurred during the month. In particular, the flood event in the Texas Hill Country killed 133 people during the…
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Wet conditions are expected to continue to drop a lot of rain on the southern half of the region this week starting this weekend. Rain is already covering a lot of Florida and will provide rain to coastal areas along the Gulf Coast as well as the East Coast in the coming days. The northern…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released earlier this week, shows that the recent significant rains that fell across a lot of the region cause a reduction in dry conditions in Georgia and South Carolina and parts of Alabama. The rain was due to overrunning of moist air over a wedge of cold, dense air moving SW…
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Tropical Storm Dexter formed this morning off the East Coast as it separated from an old stationary front and developed tropical characteristics. However, Dexter is moving rapidly to the northeast and poses no threat to us in the Southeast. The 7-day tropical outlook is showing two other areas of potential development for later in the…
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I was interested in reading this story about the impacts of heavy rain on pollinating corn because I usually think of the impacts of too little water on corn, not too much. This year, the heavy rains that have been occurring over the Corn Belt have caused problems for pollination there. In particular, wet conditions…
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The latest 7-day QPF map shows a band of heavy rain stretching across the southern parts of Alabama and Georgia as well as the Florida Panhandle and the coastal Carolinas due to a stationary front that is expected to serve as the focus from numerous thunderstorms, especially this weekend and early into next week. After…
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