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A new mapping tool that allows you to look at historical and projected trends in precipitation from satellite and ground-based data is now available at https://rainsphere.eng.uci.edu/. According to a description of the tool in the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society (link), CHRS RainSphere was designed as an educational tool that allows users to quickly and…
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WeatherNation TV reported this weekend that the town of Saint George in Charlton County had to be evacuated due to heavy smoke and fire from the West Mims fire which I have mentioned previously in this blog. The fire expanded rapidly over the weekend. Smoke from the fire traveled as far as Jacksonville FL. You…
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The second deadliest tornado in history happened in Natchez MS on May 7, 1840. A large and powerful tornado went right through the center of town, flattening most of the buildings. But even worse was the damage on the Mississippi River, which was filled with boats, including 120 flatboats and a steam boat. Many bodies…
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In 2014 on April 30 a morning storm came through Athens and dropped a large oak tree between my garage and my neighbor’s house. It barely missed the garage but clipped a corner of the neighbor’s house. I had moved my car out of the garage less than half an hour earlier, which was lucky because…
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Here’s an interesting story from Eos about unexpected changes in regional climate due to human intervention. In this story, it’s the change from using horses to draw farm equipment to mechanized tractors which caused the change. Horses eat oats, and the reduction in the number of horses used in farm work allowed farmers to switch…
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For most of the Southeast, the next several days will be dry and sunny, and temperatures should rebound to more seasonal values. For southern parts of the region, whatever rain is likely to come will be late in the week. But our friends in North Carolina and Virginia can’t catch a break, and they will…
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A late-season blizzard last weekend has caused tremendous problems for farmers in Oklahoma and Kansas. According to a story this week in AgWeb, thousands of cattle have died in the storm and many others are starving because of lack of access to food. The story notes that “As much as 75 percent of the U.S.…