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Here is an interesting map put together by Brian Brettschneider on how the annual average temperatures in 2018 compare to previous years. It is based on 1289 stations around the US that have temperature records going back at least 50 years. What is shows is that for large parts of the Southeast, 2018’s temperatures were…
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After what seems like months of rain, the next seven days are expected to be completely dry across the Southeast, a welcome change for farmers and everyone else who is tired of being in cloudy and wet conditions. By day 7, there is a small chance of showers in western parts of Alabama as the…
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Every Thursday I post an image of the latest Drought Monitor map. Fortunately for us in the Southeast, there is not a lot of drought to talk about now other than in southern Florida. But how does this map get made and what are the politics of making these images? National Public Radio offered a…
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Even though there is no snow in the forecast for most of the Southeast at the moment, you might enjoy this. The Washington Post has a nice video describing how snowflakes get their shape. You can read more and view it at https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2018/12/26/how-snowflake-gets-its-shape/?utm_term=.21707cff1bd4&wpisrc=nl_rainbow&wpmm=1.
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The first hurricane forecast for the 2019 Atlantic hurricane season was released this week by Colorado State University. It shows that we could see a bit of a break in the upcoming hurricane season, with fewer storms expected than the past two years. This is due in large part to the likely development of an…
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This past year has been a year full of disasters in the US alone, with many more occurring in other parts of the world. How did we handle those disasters? What lessons can we learn from dealing with those events? This Vox article discusses some of the things that we will have to deal with…
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While most of the Southeast is soaked with rain, the southern half of the Florida Peninsula has been dry and getting drier. This week brought a slight expansion of moderate (D1) drought in the region. In the next week they are expected to get little to no rain, so it should remain static or continue…
Posted in: Drought