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The Tallahassee Democrat published an interesting opinion piece by an organic blueberry farmer thls week. It discusses recent weather impacts on his crops in the past few years and what it says about the trends in the climate. He also talks about what he is doing to respond to these trends. You can read it…
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We are winding down our look at the Georgia Climate Project’s Roadmap of 40 questions that need to be addressed in future research about how Georgia’s changing climate will affect agriculture, ecology, water, transportation, and other parts of society. This week’s question addresses the need for appropriate measurements and associated data sets that scientists can…
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Did you know that there will be a total lunar eclipse on the night of January 20-21? Even though it is cloudy now, it should clear up on Sunday in time for most of the Southeast to view it. While a lunar eclipse is not as dramatic as a solar eclipse, it can also be…
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As a meteorologist, I have many friends who work as forecasters or in other jobs for the National Weather Service or its home agency, NOAA. It’s been a busy week for these folks, and they do it carefully and at all hours of the day and night to keep us safe. This in spite of…
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The latest 7-day QPF map shows that heavy rain should occur across most of the region this week with two major storms moving through the area. On Saturday the first storm plows through, bringing a lot of rain with some wind and potentially even some severe weather to parts of the Southeast. Dry conditions should…
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Stu Ostro of the Weather Channel posted a set of the most amazing weather images from 2018 at the end of the year. If you have not had the chance to view them yet, take a few minutes to see some of the spectacular views of weather from earth last year. You can view them…
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One of the stories I noticed over Christmas break was a detailed story from the Florida Center for Investigative Reporting on the lingering impacts of Hurricane Irma, which hit Florida in 2017. Even though it has been a long time since the storm hit, some of the more vulnerable populations are still trying to recover…