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The good news is that Hurricane Dorian has slowed down. That gives us more time to prepare, since now it is not likely to be affecting Georgia (except for coastal areas, which will get hit sooner) until the middle of next week or later. We also have more confidence in where the storm is likely…
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If you are feeling whiplash from all the media attention on Hurricane Dorian, you are not alone. Any potential for a big storm is going to bring out a lot of media attention, good and bad, and this certainly has the potential to be very bad. Here are a few of my thoughts while looking…
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This week’s spotty rain was enough to improve abnormally dry conditions in Alabama, Georgia, and South Carolina, while leaving the other states unchanged. The spots of drought remain in those areas, however. We probably won’t see a change in next week’s map, since most of the rain in the next 5 days will be in…
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One of the stories in the news this week (besides politics and Hurricane Dorian), was the release of the Farmers’ Almanac winter forecast. They get a tremendous amount of press for something that is basically as good as pure chance, according to Popular Mechanics here. Of course climatologists have known for a long time that…
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Some pretty significant changes in the path of Hurricane Dorian over the last day have increased the risk of significant impacts to Georgia this weekend and next week. Dorian’s path has been farther east than originally forecast, which means that its circulation has avoided the mountainous terrain of the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico. That…
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If you’ve been paying attention to weather news this week, you are surely aware that there is a tropical storm in the Atlantic that could cause problems for the Southeast by Labor Day weekend. The storm is named Dorian, and it is currently passing through the western Atlantic with an expected turn to the northwest…
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Do you love to look at amazing photos of the weather? Then you will enjoy visiting the Royal Meteorological Society’s contest page for Weather Photographer of the Year. You can view 24 fantastic weather photos and vote for the one that you like the best. Go to https://www.photocrowd.com/photo-competitions/photography-awards/wpoty-2019/vote/ to cast your vote by September 25.…
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