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NOAA has just released a very nice photo retrospective of the 2016 hurricane season in the Atlantic Basin. The season was considered as “above normal” this year because of the number of storms. Be sure to check it out at https://portal.nnvl.noaa.gov/arcgis/apps/MapJournal/index.html?appid=2961a294abf74674a30bd973703c91d3.
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This time of year I start to get questions about what the weather will be like around Christmas because people are traveling to see friends and family or just want to know what conditions will be like where they live. Well, Christmas is still 13 days away, and the weather models just can’t forecast accurately…
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The Global Surface Water Explorer is a new website/app which allows you to look at changes in surface water over time using archived LANDSAT data. Changes include both lakes shrinking as water is diverted to irrigation and water supply and lakes growing as glaciers melt faster than they can gather new snow. You can read…
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NOAA has a (new to me) snazzy web site which provides access to 1792 data sets in 115 collections. It’s called the Digital Coast and you can see it and use it to search for your data needs at https://coast.noaa.gov/dataregistry/search/collection. The data range from bathymetry to aquaculture to sea bird counts. It also includes several climate-related…
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Keeping with our theme of snow for the day, here’s an interesting video story about a man who took snowfall measurements for 40 years in a Colorado town, just to pass the time. The data were finally discovered by climate scientists, who have used it to look at changes in snowfall over time. You can…
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When I called my mom in Michigan today, she talked about how much snow they were getting. She lives (and I grew up) in western lower Michigan, where lake-effect snow often falls this time of year. In fact, this year the snow is especially heavy because the Great Lakes have been and still are well…
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Now that the cold weather has finally hit the Southeast, it is time to prepare for possible winter storm activity. Just like any other potential weather emergency, the best way to survive a dangerous weather situation is to prepare in advance. Ready GA has a great web site with a lot of good information on…