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Today marks the 43rd day in a row of high temperatures in Athens GA that were at or above 90 F. This ties us with the all-time record set in 2011, based on records going back to about 1903 combined from the city and airport data. Will we break the record tomorrow? It will be…
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A recently-released study of sea level rise measured by satellite altimetry shows a troubling hint of an accelerating upward trend in the already rising sea levels which may mean that coastal areas could be swamped sooner and more frequently than was previously predicted. You can read the original paper in Nature‘s Scientific Reports at https://www.nature.com/articles/srep31245. The…
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My lasat weekly Saturday blog post said this would be a wetter week, and that some areas would get a ton of rain. So far, those predictions have not really materialized. Several people have asked me and other meteorologists, Why not? It’s worth looking at the weather to see where the forecast has fallen short.…
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HorseTalk posted a story this week about efforts underway to help horse owners in New Zealand adapt to changes in climate. According to the story, “Changes in climate can bring the increased risk of diseases on riding and training, land management challenges from increased drought and floods, and a further limited food supply, so preparing…
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The latest NOAA report for the US for July 2016 is out and shows that Florida reported its warmest July ever this year, with Georgia and South Carolina as well as the entire Southeast at 3rd warmest and North Carolina as the 4th warmest. The Southeast was 11th driest on record (1895-present). You can see…
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The College of DuPage web site has updated satellite images which show the slowly spinning low pressure that is bringing rain to parts of the Southeast. I’ve put one from the afternoon of August 8 below. It shows the low slowly meandering across Georgia. You can also see it in the radar picture, which I’ve…
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I read an interesting story this morning about how Iowa farmers are contributing to a move to restore prairie across parts of the US. Prairie originally covered much of the central US, and contained an amazingly diverse array of plants, animals and insects. The roots of the prairie plants went deep and helped hold the…
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