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The latest monthly outlook from NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center shows that wetter than normal conditions are likely to continue in August for all of the Southeast except the southern half of Florida. Temperature is mostly equal chances of near, above or below normal except for slight leans towards warmer than normal in southern Florida and…
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Are you tired of reading stories about how hot it is, how hot it was, and how hot it’s going to be? You might enjoy this counter-programming story from Reuters about how a recent cold outbreak in Brazil (remember, parts of Brazil are in the Southern Hemisphere and are in winter right now) brought snow…
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In addition to my frequent posts on this blog (over 6,000 since it started in 2014!), I also post once a month on The Garden Professors blog, which tackles questions about the science of gardening. Most of the articles (written by better plant scientists than me) are about mulching with arborist chips and whether using…
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I frequently hear people who don’t know much about meteorology comment on weather-related phenomena and get things wrong. Dr. Shepherd of UGA’s Atmospheric Sciences also hears these kinds of comments and wrote up his 2021 list of the top ten weather and climate misconceptions. You can read them at Forbes here.
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The latest 7-day QPF map shows that a lot of the Southeast will be wet this week. The wettest area will be along the coasts of North and South Carolina, where amounts of up to 15 inches could occur. The rain will last most of the week in those areas. The map shows a strong…
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Earlier this week the EarthSky blog posted a good introduction to sea level rise, including what causes it and how much we are likely to see in the future. It also includes a good video on sea level rise basics from NASA Earth Observatory. You might be interested in learning more about this, especially if…
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From time to time I post links to spectacular storm videos. Many of those are taken by veteran storm chaser and photographer Mike Olbinski. I learned today in an article in Atlas Obscura that he is also a wedding photographer. Who knew? You might enjoy reading more about Mike and seeing some of his photos…