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The words “polar vortex” have been trotted out a lot this winter as waves of cold air and, sometimes, snow and ice have occurred. The polar vortex has been blamed for a lot of this activity. In fact, I saw a Facebook post from a retired Atlanta weather broadcaster that claimed we have had 11…
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Join us for the Southeast Climate Monthly Webinar! This webinar series provides the region with information on current and developing climate conditions such as drought, floods, and tropical storms, as well as climatic events like El Niño and La Niña. Speakers may also discuss the impacts of these conditions on topics such as wildfires, agriculture production,…
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If you think it has been cold in the Southeast this year, you might be interested in this story about the coldest cities in the world as posted in the Daily Passport: https://dailypassport.com/where-are-the-worlds-coldest-cities/. The temperatures at each of these cities is much colder than anything we experience in our region, but that does not stop…
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The latest 7-day QPF map shows that a Gulf low will bring rain to areas in the southern part of our region but most of the rest of the Southeast should experience relatively dry conditions during the next week, with the lowest chances for rain late in the week. Week 2 looks like it could…
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The latest monthly and seasonal outlooks were released earlier this week. They show a pattern of temperature and rainfall that is consistent with the weak La Nina conditions we are currently in. The dry conditions in southern AL and GA as well as FL are likely to contribute to strengthening of drought conditions in that…
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The latest Drought Monitor map, released last Thursday, shows that a lot of the region improved its drought status in this past week due to a strong system that brought rain to northern Alabama, northwest Georgia, eastern Tennessee, and parts of the Carolinas. The only small areas where drought got worse were along the southeast…
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I noticed when I was looking at the hourly weather forecast for Athens that the next two nights will both have freezes here in Athens, but the types of freezes will be quite different. You can see it quite well using the hourly graphical temperature forecast, so I thought I would discuss them using the…