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The latest 5-day tropical outlook for the Atlantic shows just one area of investigation. This wave has only a 30 percent chance of developing into a tropical storm in the next five days, and once it gets farther west will run into stronger wind shear, which will make any development more difficult. We are still…
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The latest 7-day QPF map shows a lot of rain for the Southeast. Nearly all of this will fall in the next three days as the remains of Hurricane Delta move through the area, especially today and tomorrow. After that, no rain is expected for nearly all of the Southeast except for the southern tip…
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The latest La Nina advisory was released today by NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center. It shows that a strong La Nina signal is in place in the eastern Pacific Ocean and that the winds are now in sync with the ocean conditions. This means that La Nina is likely to continue through the winter months and…
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Our local National Weather Service Office posts a weekly weather briefing on Thursdays. The latest can be found at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMsUd4sx2TI&feature=youtu.be, including a discussion of the impacts of Hurricane Delta on Georgia. Your local office may produce a similar briefing on YouTube, so check your local office page for more information.
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The latest Drought Monitor shows that at this time there is no drought in the Southeast (not a big surprise after all our rain) but abnormally dry conditions in western Alabama and eastern Georgia have expanded. I expect the dry conditions in western Alabama to go away after Hurricane Delta moves onshore tomorrow and brings…
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Hurricane Delta has now emerged from the Yucatan Peninsula and is moving back over open water in the Gulf of Mexico. It is expected to slowly strengthen for a while to a major hurricane again before weakening as it moves over colder water near the coast, which is caused by stirring up the water due…
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For those of you who are in Georgia, you might be interested in this new web site recently introduced by the Georgia Climate Project. You can see it at https://www.georgiaclimateproject.org/portal/. This portal is intended to provide resources to address how climate change is affecting different sectors of Georgia’s economy and environment. The first theme is…