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The latest 7-day QPF map shows the strong influence of Hurricane Isaias and its rain for the next 3-4 days along the East Coast. Areas near the center of the circulation could see several inches of rain, while areas to the west of it are likely to remain dry. The accuracy of this week’s map…
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NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center released their revised prediction for August 2020. It shows that warmer than normal weather is most likely to occur in Florida and along the East Coast. Wetter than normal conditions are expected to occur along the East Coast, but that prediction is mostly tied to the expected path of Hurricane Isaias…
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In case you did not notice, my post from yesterday was a little off. As of 8 am this morning Isaias was already a hurricane, a little earlier than I thought it would. The track forecast has wavered a little over the day but Isaias is still predicted to move up the East Coast, probably…
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The latest forecast for TS Isaias, issued at 11 pm on July 30, 2020, shows that as the storm passed Hispaniola, the center of the storm reorganized to the north over water. Its path over the next few days should keep it mostly over water, so it is now expected to become a Category 1…
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With an active hurricane season predicted this year, you might be wondering how employees at the National Hurricane Center and National Weather Service are coping with the pandemic and how they are working differently this year. CNN has a story which describes both the changes in how the forecasters do their work and the loss…
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You probably read my weekly drought updates for the United States. But here is a drought tool that goes beyond the US to cover the whole globe. It is called Copernicus and provides a zoomable global map which highlights areas where drought is affecting agriculture. In this map the months are divided into ten-day periods…
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Due to the lack of rainfall and the warm conditions in the last week, patches of moderate (D1) drought appeared again in southeast Alabama, eastern Georgia, and a sliver of land along the Savannah River in South Carolina. Abnormally dry (D0) conditions also expanded. There were slight improvements in drought in both Virginia and Puerto…
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