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Here’s a quick look at the 2018 climate across the Southeast using the High Plains Regional Climate Center’s map site. The maps show that almost all of the Southeast experienced temperatures that were 1-2 degrees F above normal. Precipitation was also well above normal in most of the Southeast, fed by several tropical systems as…
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New Year’s greetings to all my blog readers! I will be back later today (after some rest and about 5 hours of driving) with an update on the forecast for January, a list of five important weather and climate events in Georgia in 2018, and a brief summary of the climate of 2018 (with more…
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I am going on holiday leave for the rest of 2018 and so will be temporarily shutting down the blog while I spend some time with family and friends. I thank you all for your support over the last few years and the great questions and comments you have sent to me! I will be…
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The month of December so far is running quite a bit wetter than normal, especially in southern Alabama and Georgia and northern Florida. This is consistent with the El Niño-like pattern we are in this year. Temperatures are variable across the region but there are more areas with below normal temperatures than above. However, with…
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Today marks the winter solstice, when we experience the shortest day of the year. This is because of the tilt of the earth’s axis of rotation relative to our orbit around the sun. So if you celebrate the winter astronomically, then today is the first day of winter. If you are a climatologist like me,…
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You might not know it, but most of the weather information you consume ultimately comes from federal agencies such as the National Weather Service. This includes most of what is used by the media in their daily broadcasts including the Weather Channel, and includes what they provide in their smartphone apps too. Even the University…
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The latest outlook from NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center shows that wetter than normal conditions are expected in January 2019 in Alabama, Georgia and Florida, with equal chances of wetter, drier or near normal precipitation in othe parts of the region. Temperatures in January are expected to be colder than normal everywhere in the Southeast except…
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