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Once in a while I need access to USGS topographic maps. I’ve had a hard time finding them online. But now National Geographic has a quick and easy way to get access to them. You can find a description online at https://petapixel.com/2016/08/06/nat-geo-launches-free-website-printing-detailed-topographical-maps/. The portal is at https://www.natgeomaps.com/trail-maps/pdf-quads.
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Just for fun, I am posting this link to a list of obscure regional phrases for extreme heat from Mental Floss. If you have other ones, email them to me and I will add them to the post. https://mentalfloss.com/article/31165/11-obscure-regional-phrases-describe-excessive-heat
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Since it is halfway through August, I thought I would take a quick glance at the climate conditions for the month so far. Precipitation values across the region range from somewhat above normal to below normal, depending on location. You can just see the heavy rain in Louisiana on the far left side of the…
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The Washington Post had a thoughtful article today about how Hoboken NJ is dealing with development along the seafront following the devastation from Hurricane Sandy. This is particularly important because of the risks from sea level rise in the coming decades, which will make inundation along the coastline more frequent in the future. Many coastal…
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The Capital Weather Gang of the Washington Post had an interesting article earlier this week discussing why the current weather is bringing huge rains to Louisiana and other areas of the central US as well as bringing heat and sweltering weather to the East Coast. The maps in this article are a couple of days…
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You know if you’ve been reading this blog that we missed out on a bunch of rain this week. The lucky winner instead was Louisiana, which had estimated rain totals as much as 30 inches so far, and it is still raining. Here are a couple of stories about the flooding. Steve Hilberg wrote about…
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The latest 7 day QPF map shows that most of the Southeast should get a moderate amount of rain over the next week. Most areas are projected to get about one to one and a half inches. Keep in mind that this is only a forecast. Last week’s forecast was woefully incorrect, as the slowly…
Posted in: Climate outlooks