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Lots of great images today from the eclipse! I was at 99.1% totality at Sanford Stadium in Athens GA with about 30,000 other people watching the darkness descend. Here’s a great shot from the VIIRS satellite radiometer showing the shadow over the Southeast. The text explanation is below. You can also watch video of the…
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If you want to see a view of the eclipse shadow from space on Monday, there are a number of web sites which provide a great view. One was put together by Brian McNoldy at the University of Miami at https://andrew.rsmas.miami.edu/bmcnoldy/conus/. There will also be some great satellite loops from the University of Wisconsin Space…
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The latest issue of NOAA’s Southeast River Forecast Center’s monthly video water outlook is now available online. You can view it at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHHYQ5qmnwU.
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Dr. Cliff Mass of the University of Washington has a nice discussion of how the weather conditions across the United States are expected to change as the sun goes dark tomorrow with the solar eclipse. In the Southeast, temperatures could drop by more than 10 degrees in some areas near totality. You can read about…
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I’ve heard stories from folks from time to time about how their aches and pains and headaches are correlated with a variety of weather conditions. Maybe you have too. But a recent research report published earlier this month, there is very little physical evidence to prove it. The researchers found that Google searches related to…
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According to an article recently published in Nature magazine, the last very large El Nino created a surge in carbon dioxide in the global atmosphere which added to amounts already being added by manmade pollution. According to the article, “Measurements taken by NASA’s Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 (OCO-2) satellite, which measures the level of carbon dioxide…
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The latest 7-day QPF map shows that inland areas of the Southeast should receive below normal rainfall this week while coastal areas, especially in Florida, receive more. A pesky front will move slowly back and forth across the area, bringing rain to the areas near the frontal convergence while leaving others dry. Even with less…
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