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Have you ever seen a green sky? I can recall a few. Most often they are seen during severe weather, especially when hail is present. Here is an interesting story and explanation for where green skies come from: The Colorful Mystery of Green Thunderstorms – The Front Page, published by the American Meteorological Society blog…
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With the growth of social media has come the growth of conspiracy theories about the weather that pop up over and over again on some influencers’ clickbait posts. In this Forbes article, Dr. Marshall Shepherd of UGA debunks the top six weather conspiracy theories that appear over and over again. Most recently: the idea that…
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The latest 7-day QPF map shows that early in the week, most of the rain will fall in northern parts of the region and along the Appalachian Mountains. During the rest of the week, the focus will be on the Gulf Coast and Florida, where the remains of Investigation 93 may rotate around the high…
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The National Hurricane Center is showing an area of 20% chance of development in the Main Development Region of the Atlantic Ocean along the Intertropical Convergence Zone, a line of thunderstorms that is often found north of the equator this time of year. The NHC gives the area of disturbed weather just a 20% chance…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released earlier this week, shows that drought and abnormally dry conditions decreased this week in Florida due to the rain that moved through this week, particularly northern Florida with Investigation 93. The severe (D3) drought in South Florida continues but other areas have shrunk in area this week. In Puerto Rico,…
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The area of disturbed weather that formed off the Southeast Coast earlier this week has traversed the Florida Peninsula and moved westward along the northern Gulf Coast, but never found the warm water and atmospheric support to develop into a named storm. It is now moving inland to the north and there is no further…
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We are halfway through July 2025 so let’s take a quick look at the climate for the month so far. The temperature map shows quite a bit of variation in temperature across the region, with many areas above normal in temperature but a significant area with cooler than normal temperature. Rainfall is generally within 2…
Posted in: Climate summaries