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The latest monthly climate summary from North Carolina is now available at https://climate.ncsu.edu/climateblog?id=279.
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Warmer than normal temperatures covered Georgia again in February 2019, with values ranging from five to nine degrees F above average. Heavy rainfall covered the northern quarter of the state, while precipitation two to four inches less than normal covered the rest of the state. In Atlanta, the monthly average temperature was 53.8 degrees F…
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The latest question from the Georgia Climate Project’s Roadmap discusses how we can determine what impacts changes in climate will have on at-risk communities like the rural poor, the elderly, and urban city dwellers. We need to know what data sets we can use before we can determine what those impacts might be. You can…
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Did you know that for meteorologists and climatologists, winter is over? We use December 1 through February 28 (or 29 in leap years) as the winter season. Spring starts for us on March 1 and goes until May 31. This past winter was expected to be wetter and cooler than normal due to the expected…
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The latest 7-day QPF map shows that most of the Southeast should receive 1-2 inches of rain this week, with the majority falling on Sunday before drier conditions return. The Florida peninsula will be largely bypassed by rain so conditions there should continue to be dry. After the front passes, we expect to see much…
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While the Southeast is not ever likely to be a big wind energy producer because of our relatively low wind speeds, there is still some potential for wind energy development in mountainous areas and along the coast. Here is a useful website that contains maps of potential wind energy for each state and for the…
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The heavy rains that have hit parts of the Southeast have led to extremely high water levels in many of the area reservoirs. I also saw many flooded farm fields when I drove through northwestern Georgia yesterday. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution published an article this week on how water levels in Lake Lanier are running 5…
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