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If you are at the beach this holiday weekend, you may have enjoyed a beautiful sunrise or sunset filled with color as the sun touched the horizon. Here is a short article by Dr. Marshall Shepherd in Forbes.com on the science of sunrises that you might find interesting, along with a sunrise picture I took…
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NOAA’s May Climate Connection newsletter is filled with interesting stories that they have gathered from a variety of sources, including some of their own. I use some of them in this blog but you might be interested in seeing the full list along with some useful resource links at the bottom. Check it out here.
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Weather Underground has a short but interesting article this week on unusual paths taken by tornadoes. It’s a great idea to keep in mind that tornadoes don’t always move from southwest to northeast, although in many areas that is the most common direction. For example, the Atlanta tornado of March 2008 moved from northwest to…
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After last week’s heavy rains, farmers will be glad to get some relief this week in the form of lighter rainfalls. Many parts of the Southeast will see less than half an inch of rain, which will give the soil a chance to dry out. Last week’s rain gave everyone at least normal rainfall, and…
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As I pointed out in one of yesterday’s posts, this year is a very active one for tornadoes, and Georgia is leading the pack of all the states in the number that have been experienced so far. Two questions might come to mind–does this mean we will set a new record in the number of…
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Digg.com has an interesting (if somewhat intense) article about what it is like to be hit by a stroke of lightning. Surprisingly, nine out of ten people survive a lightning stroke, but the lasting physical changes can be unnerving or downright dangerous. You can read it at https://digg.com/2017/what-its-like-struck-by-lightning?utm_source=atlasobscura.
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Yesterday NOAA released their Atlantic Ocean hurricane seasonal outlook for 2017. It shows that the season is likely to be above normal in numbers due to the continuing neutral conditions, which improve the atmospheric conditions that help tropical storms grow. They predict two to four major hurricanes, five to seven total hurricanes and 11 to…