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A heavy rain event may occur in central Georgia on Wednesday and Thursday as moisture flows into the area from the circulation around Tropical Storm (and likely Hurricane) Rafael and interacts with a cold front there. Up to a foot of rain may occur in some isolated locations. While Georgia desperately needs the rain due…
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The long-lasting area of interest in the western Caribbean has finally developed into Tropical Storm Rafael. It is expected to continue to develop slowly and may become a hurricane in the next day as it approaches the Cayman Islands and western Cuba. After that, it is expected to move NW into the Gulf of Mexico,…
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The latest monthly climate summary for North Carolina is now available from the NC State Climate Office. You can read about how dry it was in October compared to the floods in September at https://climate.ncsu.edu/blog/2024/11/october-dries-out-in-a-monthly-rainfall-reversal/.
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The latest 7-day QPF map shows that this weekend will be dry but rain chances pick up in midweek and increase further by the end of the week. The amounts of rain we get are not expected to be large but will be welcome nonetheless. The amounts will be affected by the tropical activity that…
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It might be almost November, but the tropics are not done for the season just yet. The National Hurricane Center’s latest 7-day outlook map shows three areas of interest, including one area in the western Caribbean that has a 60% of development in the next week. Fortunately, this time of year is less nurturing for…
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I know there are some folks who love to fish who read this blog. They may be interested in this recent story from Garden&Gun discussing the impacts of Helene’s floods on the brook trout and other aquatic life in the streams that were so devastated by the intense rainfall. While it is too early to…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released today, shows a big expansion of abnormally dry (D0) conditions across most of the Southeast with the exception of the Florida Peninsula due to the complete lack of rainfall and above normal temperatures that have occurred for most of October. However, the DM takes different longer time scales into account…
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