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Did you know that most of the Southeast used to be covered by grasslands? Now, of course, much of the land is either cultivated for crops or planted as forest, much of which produces agricultural products like timber or wood pellets as well. Here is an interesting story about the grasslands of the Southeast and…
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Now that we are back in a rainier pattern with more frequent showers and thunderstorms, it’s time for a refresher about how to determine how far away a lightning strike is. Contrary to some people’s views, when you see lightning strike and then count the number of seconds until you hear the thunder, it takes…
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The latest 7-day QPF map shows that most areas of the Southeast will receive an inch or so of rain, with the possibility of showers every day. The heaviest rains are expected in the Florida peninsula and the lightest amounts are expected to be in central Virginia and North Carolina.
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The latest outlooks for July and beyond were released this week by NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center. They show that for both July and July through September, warmer than normal temperatures are more likely to continue, especially for southern parts of the region. Precipitation does not show a trend one way or the other, although they…
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Today is the official summer solstice, when the sun is the farthest north in the sky at noon on this date. For some people, it is also the start of the summer season. But for climatologists like me, it’s the 21st day of summer, which starts on June 1. So happy solstice and hope the…
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For those of you who have been reading about the recent melting in Greenland, here is a very informative discussion by UGA’s resident expert, geography professor Dr. Tom Mote. He does field work in Greenland most summers and knows a lot about the dynamics of ice sheets there. You can read it at The Hill…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released this morning, shows that the rain received in parts of the Southeast this past week has resulted in a decrease in drought and dry conditions in South Carolina and Georgia. However, areas that were missed by the rain continue in drought. An area of severe (D2) drought was added to…
Posted in: Drought