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If you have ever flown in an airplane, you may have felt some bumps along the way as the plane navigated through an area of turbulent air. While those bumps can be scary to new fliers, most seasoned fliers know that a little jumpy air is not that unusual and is usually more of an…
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The rainfall that the Southeast got since the cutoff for the last Drought Monitor map on the morning of April 28 shows that many areas got at least half an inch and some areas got 2-3 inches in the last few day. However, this time of year normal rainfall is about an inch a week,…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released today, shows that everywhere in the Southeast is in drought except for a tiny sliver on the east coast of Florida just north of Miami, which is only abnormally dry. Almost 60% of the region is in extreme (D3) drought due to almost no rainfall and warm temperatures. Fortunately, since…
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Since today is the last day of the month, the summary maps are not quite complete but still show how much warmer and drier than normal most of the Southeast was this month. Note that there were parts of the region that received less than 5 percent of the normal precipitation. No wonder the drought…
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Georgia’s recent drought is one of the worst in recent memory and compares to the 2007-2009 drought that was very bad across the state, especially the northern parts. But there have been other severe droughts as well, such as the 1954 drought. One of the worst on record for Georgia was the 1925-1927 drought, but…
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After over 8,000 entries beginning in April 2014, I will stop posting on this blog on May 29. I am retiring as of June 1 and will not longer have access to the university WordPress account. However, all of the posts I have written should remain in the archive so you can still visit it…
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We have finally seen a change in the weather pattern over the last week from a dominating high pressure center over the Southeast to more open flow from the Gulf into the region. This is bringing more moisture and the chance for multiple rain events as fronts are now able to move through the area.…
Posted in: Climate outlooks