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Two new research studies on tropical cyclones (the generic name for hurricanes across the world) shows that hurricanes are getting stronger over time and are also forming farther from the equator, putting new populations at risk. These studies, both based on satellite observations, show that climate change is having an impact on the formation and…
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The official NOAA forecast for the 2020 Atlantic Hurricane Season was released today. It’s no surprise that they predicted a 60 percent chance of an more active than average season, because four other groups have already predicted the same. The lack of an El Nino coupled with above-average ocean surface temperatures and being on the…
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You may have seen some videos and photos of flooding in northeastern Michigan over the last couple of days. Heavy rain there caused two dams to fail, raising water levels downstream by as much as 9 feet and causing 10,000 residents to evacuate. One of the dams had been declared unsafe by inspectors in 2018…
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I ran across an article this week in the Metropolitan Planning Council newsletter out of Chicago which discussed how rainstorms are now producing more rain than they have in the past. The article is here. They talk about how 100-year rain events now have more rain than in the past in their area. For example,…
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When I was applying to graduate schools a long time ago, I visited the University of Chicago and met one of the world’s most famous tornado researchers, Dr. Ted Fujita. Even though I did not go to school there, I remained in awe of his amazing research on how tornadoes form and move. So I…
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The freeze that occurred in early May damaged about 2 percent of the corn crop in North Carolina according to a report this week in the Southeast Farm Press. An additional 4 percent suffered some minor leaf burn but should grow out of it. Some of the worst-hit fields may have to be replanted. The…
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The forecast for rain on Saturday did not look too hopeful for rain in Georgia, but the latest forecast released today looks a lot more favorable for at least an inch of rain this week. We won’t see much if anything from Tropical Storm Arthur, which will be off to our east, but a complex…