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While I don’t expect to see snowflakes today, other parts of the Southeast are currently experiencing wintry weather including snow and freezing rain. Here is an interesting story from EarthSky on how snowflakes get their shapes. There’s a lot more variety than you might think besides the fluffy dendrites we see in Christmas cards! Read it…
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Molly Samuel of WABE Public Radio posted a nice summary story on Georgia’s 2017 climate, featuring quotes from Bill Murphey, the State Climatologist, and Jordan McLeod, the regional climatologist at the Southeast Regional Climate Center and a UGA graduate. You can read and listen to the story at https://www.wabe.org/2017-warm-extreme-year-georgia-weather/.
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While this year’s chill hours are doing reasonably well because of the current Arctic blast of chilly air, in the past few winters some fruit growers have had problems getting enough chill hours for their crops and are looking to newer varieties that need less chill hours. This article on low-chill blueberry cultivars designed to…
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The latest outlook for January 2018 shows that colder than normal conditions have a somewhat increased chance of occurrence this month, especially in the northern edges of the region. Precipitation likelihood ranges across the region, with southern areas most likely to see the dry conditions expected from La Niña. The monthly forecasts are tilted towards…
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Welcome to 2018! Already a great start to the year with the win tonight of the University of Georgia Bulldogs over the Oklahoma Sooners. An all-Southeast national championship! I am hearing fireworks all over Athens GA! A great beginning to another year!
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While I’ve been away, a number of stories on the 2017 year in review have shown up in the media. Here is a selection of what they are saying: New York Times: The Year in Climate Washington Post: The Ten Most Incredible Photos from an Asounding Year in Weather Medium: Stu Ostro’s Meteorological Images of…
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Even though the end of 2017 ended with an Arctic blast, the year overall was one of the top five warmest on record for most of the Southeast, helped by a warm winter early in the year and above normal temperatures in most months (even December). Precipitation varied across the region, with some areas receiving…
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