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Today the National Hurricane Center announced the formation of Subtropical Storm Andrea in the western Atlantic. It’s moving away from the US so no threat to us, although it could bring rain and gusty winds to Bermuda. This is the fifth May in a row with a named storm that occurred before the official start…
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The latest global climate summary from NOAA for April 2019 was released today. It shows that April 2019 was the second warmest since records began in 1880, surpassed only by 2016. The January through April period is the 3rd warmest on record, after 2016 and 2017. The top five highest year to date temperature averages…
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Here is a really neat image and accompanying story on the damage to vegetation in southwest Georgia caused by Hurricane Michael last year. The winds from this storm were so strong that it blew down leaves across a wide swath of land well in advance of when they would usually fall. The impacts were so…
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For the parts of the Southeast that have been affected by hurricanes in the past few years, many residents know what to expect and how to plan. But psychologically, they may not be ready to face another hurricane season after the blows of the last two years. Farmers especially are reeling from the devastation of…
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The latest 7-day QPF map for this week shows that the entire Southeast will receive at most only minor amounts of rain. The high pressure that is sitting over our region is effectively shutting down most of the rain that would bring relief to the region, and is leading to temperatures that are much higher…
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If you like beautiful pictures of earth, you will enjoy this photo essay showing the rivers and lakes in central Australia, a desert which is now in the depths of drought (yes, deserts can have droughts too). It’s from ABC News Australia here.
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The National Weather Service’s Southeast River Forecast Center has produced a new Water Outlook for the Southeast. You can view the video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcA1nNe_RoM&feature=youtu.be.
Posted in: Climate outlooks