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The latest Drought Monitor, released on Thursday, shows that the only state in the Southeast that has drought is Florida, although a few patches of abnormally dry conditions (D0) are found in Alabama, North and South Carolina, and Virginia. The total area of dry conditions in central Florida has not changed much but a section…
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One question I get asked every hurricane season is where we expect the storms to move this year. It’s not an easy question to answer because it depends on both large-scale weather patterns like the position of the Bermuda high and short-term weather systems like the current jet stream and frontal pattern, since those help…
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If you are interested in reading about the impacts of rising sea levels on coastlines, here are a couple of other articles you might find interesting. Yahoo News: France’s historic D-Day beaches threatened by rising sea levels Washington Post: Fast-rising seas could swamp septic systems in parts of the South Yahoo News: Scientists sound alarm…
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In the past I have written articles about mangroves in Florida and how they are expanding across the Southeast. For example, see https://site.extension.uga.edu/climate/2018/02/mangroves-are-expanding-across-the-south-and-its-a-mixed-blessing/. So I was not surprised to read recently that mangroves have now been found in Georgia in areas that have been coastal marshes in Savannah Now and how that expansion of range…
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Sea levels across the United States are increasing, especially in the Southeast. In fact, they are rising at an accelerating rate, which is leading to concerns about how coastal communities will deal with the higher water levels in the future. The rise is due to a number of causes, including groundwater withdrawals, changes in the…
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Radar is one of the most-used tools in meteorological analysis of real-time weather events. Radar shows where precipitation is occurring and how it is moving over time. The newer versions of doppler radar also wind speed and direction, which allows operators to identify areas that might contain a tornado or other strong wind event. If…
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The North Carolina State Climate Office recently offered a webinar that provided an outlook for the 2024 hurricane season. They also posted a lot of the information in their latest blog post along with a link to the webinar recording. While some of their information is NC-specific, a lot is generally true for the Southeast…
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