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If you are interested in getting an update on the current flash drought in the Southeast, please join us on Tuesday at 1 pm EDT for this special webinar. It will focus on the ACF river basin but will include information about the entire Southeast. Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin Drought Assessment Webinar Tuesday, October 1, 2019…
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I love Atlas Obscura for its highlighting of quirky places and foods. They provide a look at some seldom-seen local sites, and provide a historical context for why these sites exist. A year ago this week AO published a story that show many before and after pictures of glaciers in national parks showing how they…
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The latest 7-day QPF map shows another very dry week, which continues the streak of dry conditions along with well above normal temperatures. Almost no rain is expected to fall, although there may be some scattered showers in some places and at some times to give some temporary relief. By next weekend, a change in…
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With the dry conditions getting worse across Georgia, peanut farmers have been at a loss for what to do with their crops. Do they harvest now in conditions that are not great due to dry, crusty soils or wait for rain to soften up the ground and give the peanuts time to mature? With little…
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If you are tired of all the heat and humidity, cool down with this look at the new wind chill climatology for the US from the Midwest Regional Climate Center. I could sure use some cooler conditions today! But maybe not wind chills of below zero, or at least not any time soon. Check it…
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Did you know that the National Weather Service used to provide weather kiosks in the downtowns of major cities which had Weather Bureau offices? This was to provide local weather information to pedestrians and downtown businesses. But because of their design and their likelihood of being vandalized, they were phased out. The last remaining one…
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If you have studied the solar system, you probably already know that Venus is the second planet from the sun, and that it is about the same size as Earth but has a much different atmosphere, with a lot more carbon dioxide than Earth has. But was it always like that? MSN posted an article…
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