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According to a recent article by Seth Borenstein of Associated Press, a recent study of hurricane frequency by Princeton scientists shows that the chances of two hurricanes hitting a single location in a short period of time has increased from once every few decades to once every two or three years. This would have big…
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You’ve probably all noticed how early spring is this year. In some cases, the National Phenology Network states that first leaf is as much as 4 weeks early in some places. According to the UGA Pecan Blog by Lenny Wells, early varieties of pecans are now starting to show budbreak due to the consistently warm…
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For meteorologists and climatologists, spring begins on March 1 and goes through May 31. So for us, it’s happy spring to you all! And this year it sure looks like it, with many flowers blooming, including the peach trees at the UGA Horticulture Farm in Watkinsville GA. Now we are hoping to avoid a late…
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As expected, the warm and dry conditions in the southern part of our region have led to a big increase in the area covered by moderate (D1) drought this week. There were minor expansions of abnormally dry conditions (D0) in Alabama and Georgia on the fringes of the drought area. A wetter pattern in week…
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The December through February period that just ended shows a precipitation pattern expected from a weak to moderate La Nina, with drier than usual conditions in the southern part of the region. Temperatures across the region were warmer than normal, which may be more of a reflection of the trend towards warmer temperatures overall than…
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The latest monthly outlook from NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center shows that the impacts of the fading La Nina can still be seen in the trend towards warmer conditions than normal, especially in the southern part of the region. The outlook for precipitation shows no tendency one way or the other. With the warmer conditions expected,…
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An initial look at the rainfall patterns in February 2023 shows that most of the region was drier than normal, with just a few areas wetter than normal. The driest areas are found in the southern Florida Peninsula, where a significant part of the region received less than 25% of its normal rainfall except for…
Posted in: Climate summaries