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Changes in temperature in the Southeast over the last 100 years or so have been relatively small, especially compared to other parts of the US and the world. That has led to what we call a “warming hole” in the Southeast that gives people here the impression that global temperatures are not increasing, even though…
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EarthSky noted that NOAA’s latest Arctic Report Card was released this week. This year’s report shows that the Arctic region experienced the 2nd-warmest air temperatures ever recorded, the 2nd-lowest overall sea-ice coverage, and lowest recorded winter ice in the Bering Sea. You can read more and watch a video news story about it here.
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Did you know that the Appalachian Mountains can affect weather and climate a long distance away from where they are? The cold air damming that we call “The Wedge” is one way that it affects local conditions here in Athens GA and in places as far away as Birmingham. Downslope winds when the atmosphere is…
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This week’s question from the Georgia Climate Project’s Roadmap looks at the need for research to identify how different strategies for reducing the emission of greenhouse gases will affect different constituent groups. There are trade-offs in benefits or costs for different groups, since any particular action could be good for some groups while costing others.…
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It’s raining this morning as I write this, but once this system moves out of the Southeast later today, we should see a dry period through the region Sunday through Wednesday. After that, the next system should start to enter the picture, although the heaviest rain will be offshore along the storm track. For once,…
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Winter barely started before North Carolina got its first major snowstorm of the season earlier this week. The State Climate Office of North Carolina posted a story about the heavy accumulations of snow that occurred in this storm. In some cases the amount of snow that fell was the same as the average annual total.…
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A recent article by Dr. Jeff Masters of Weather Underground highlights the recent high-volume rain events that have hit the US, including Hurricane Harvey in 2017, Hurricane Florence in 2018, and a rainstorm in March 2016 in Louisiana. Masters points out that these three rain events are the three highest rain volume events in US…