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According to the BBC, today is the anniversary of the first broadcast of an in-vision television forecaster, George Cowling, who stood in front of a weather map for the first time. This was even before the first teleprompter was used. He was employed by the U. K. Meteorological Office and was a professional meteorologist. You…
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I am in Denver CO this week attending the annual meeting of the American Meteorological Society. Imagine a meeting with over 5,000 meteorologists learning about all aspects of weather and climate! I’ve been busy with meetings, seeing old friends, and watching some very interesting research talks. Today I want to share a resource I learned…
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The latest 7-day QPF map shows that most of the Southeast should be dry over the weekend other than Alabama. After that, showers should increase by midweek ahead of the next system, which will bring rain to a lot of the region by next weekend. Amounts are not expected to be very heavy, though. Temperatures…
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Do you like to read about history? Here is a list of ten books that are also stories about important weather events. While it’s too early to get them as Christmas presents (unless you like to shop way, way ahead), they would make great birthday presents or a gift to yourself. I have read about…
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According to a recent article by Heather Kolich, ANR agent in Georgia’s Forsyth County, “With an October freeze followed by a relatively balmy December capped with several consecutive days of subfreezing temperatures, Georgia weather has experienced a few unexpected weather events from autumn into winter. Temperatures at both ends of the spectrum can affect the…
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The latest Drought Monitor was released today. It shows only slight decreases in drought over the last two weeks. Since temperature was so low for a lot of it and some rainfall (and snow flurries!) but not a lot, that is not surprising. Since quite a bit of rain fell since the data cutoff on…
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The latest climate summary for North Carolina was released this morning, including a discussion of the cold weather over Christmas. You can read more at https://climate.ncsu.edu/blog/2023/01/a-christmas-chill-decked-decembers-halls/.
Posted in: Climate summaries