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“Wind chill” is a measure of how much colder you would “feel” if cold air is blowing on you with a particular wind speed. The higher the wind speed and the lower the temperature, the colder the wind chill temperature. The colder the wind chill, the faster you could experience hypothermia and suffer severe health…
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If you are interested in learning more about how climate models work, you can check out this fairly long and detailed explanation from Carbon Brief at https://www.carbonbrief.org/qa-how-do-climate-models-work. In many ways the climate models are similar to weather forecast models except that weather forecast models are designed to work really fast (to get the forecasts out on…
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Growing Georgia posted a story this week from Reuters on the impact of the very cold weather in the eastern US on ethanol production. The cold temperatures, combined with high corn prices, has reduced the output of ethanol from many Midwestern ethanol plants. In addition, the cold is also hampering the movement of rail cars…
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The Associated Press posted an interesting article this weekend on how the recent cold weather has been affecting crops in Georgia. As you might expect, the cold has been great for fruit farmers, at least in terms of accumulating chill hours, although the length of the cold periods has caused some significant damage to some…
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While 2017 was a very active year for the Southeast in terms of hurricane impacts, it was actually a year with very few Category 5 storms globally, according to a Weather Underground article earlier this year by Dr. Jeff Masters. Two of the three Cat 5 storms were Irma and Maria, both of which affected…
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Here’s an interesting story about a group led by University of Arizona scientists studying jet stream position using tree ring analysis. By looking at the density of wood produced late in the growing season, the scientists were able to produce a long history of high-summer jet stream locations dating back to 1725. This time series…
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The Tampa Bay Times has an interesting story this week about how rising sea levels are threatening many historic sites along the Florida coast, including many historic forts, Native American sites, and other heritage sites. This is also true of other Southeastern states, where many historic sites are located near the coasts because of their…