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The Georgia Flood Literacy Project is a project designed to help standardize terminology related to floods in the environmental, governmental, and academic sectors by establishing common flood terminology in order to facilitate clear communication and outreach. Terms related to flood hazards are being used inconsistently and interchangeably among professionals and the general public. Some flood terms are…
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UGA’s Dr. Marshall Shepherd of the Atmospheric Sciences program wrote an article for Forbes.com about the deadly tornadoes that occurred overnight in Kentucky and surrounding states that may be useful for us here in the Southeast as well. His main points: 1) Tornadoes are often deadlier at night because people are not paying attention and…
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As I write this on Saturday morning, a strong front is moving into the area from the northwest. It will bring most of the rain for this week, with cooler and drier air filtering into the region once the front passes. No rain is expected after the front moves through until late in the week.…
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Yesterday we looked at the current state of La Niña and how it may affect our weather in the comings weeks and months. Today NOAA’s Climate Blog posted some additional information about La Niña and how it is described using different figures and graphs. You might find the extra information useful in understanding what La…
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The Garden Professors blog has two interesting and related posts describing how cold-hardy plants can survive temperatures well below freezing. If you are a gardener or farmer, you might be interested in reading about this. The two posts are listed below: Part 1: The mechanics of how plants survive cold temperatures https://gardenprofessors.com/a-gardeners-primer-to-cold-hardiness-part-1/ Part 2: How…
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The latest ENSO discussion was released by NOAA today. It shows that La Nina is still expected to continue through the winter and that it is likely to transition to ENSO-neutral conditions sometime in the spring. You can read the discussion at https://iri.columbia.edu/our-expertise/climate/forecasts/enso/current/?enso_tab=enso-cpc_update. I will add that it is quite rare for La Nina to…
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From a weather standpoint, it’s not beginning to look a lot like Christmas (at least not the wintry weather I grew up with in Michigan), but it’s just two weeks from Christmas so don’t wait to do your shopping. If you have someone in your life who loves the weather and you want to buy…
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