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A couple of Facebook posts this morning remind me that it is time to think about cold weather returning to our region. NWS Peachtree City has posted freeze warnings for Saturday night into Sunday morning for the northeast Georgia mountains. At least one of the CoCoRaHS observers has already reported temperatures down to 28 F…
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The smell of smoke outside my office today is very strong. It’s due to the wild fires associated with the drought that are occurring across many parts of the Southeast this week. Marshall Shepherd provides some information about the smoky conditions at Forbes.com here. EPA also has a good site which shows the track of…
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Today NOAA put out a La Niña Advisory for conditions in the eastern Pacific Ocean. This advisory replaces the La Niña Watch that has been active on and off for the last few months. This means that colder than normal water temperatures have been present along the equator in the eastern Pacific Ocean for long…
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Allison Floyd wrote an interesting story in Growing Georgia this week about research underway at the University of Georgia to find a more drought-resistant strain of sorghum, which already does well in dry conditions. She reports: “When University of Georgia plant geneticist Andrew Paterson started to look for lines of sorghum that might survive in…
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Today is the anniversary of the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald, a large ore-carrying freighter that crossed Lake Superior in a strong mid-latitude cyclone (low pressure center) and foundered just before reaching a safe area. The ship disappeared from radar and was found later at the bottom of the lake. All 29 sailors aboard the…
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The drought in the Southeast is now so bad that even Californians are taking note. Here is an article on current conditions across the region in the Los Angeles Times. Unfortunately, the latest Drought Monitor, released this morning, shows a continued expansion of all levels of drought and abnormally dry conditions across the Southeast. With…
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James Spann pointed out in his blog today that it is Day 52 of no rain in the Birmingham AL area. This ties the record from 1924, and they will break the record tomorrow since no rain is forecast. In fact, if you look down the pike, there is no rain in the forecast until…
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