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We are closing out the month of October today. If we look at the preliminary climate statistics for the month, we see that the majority of the Southeast was cooler than normal, with the exception of Virginia and Alabama and areas farther inland and higher in elevation. Precipitation was scattered, with most areas receiving less…
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While we are almost to November, the tropics still have a couple of areas of potential development over the next seven days. An area east of the Bahamas shows a 40% chance of development in the next two days, but it has gotten less likely over the past day and only has a short window…
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This week we are expecting a big change in the prevailing weather pattern as a strong cold front moves through the region from northwest to southeast on Tuesday and Wednesday. The front will not have a lot of precipitation with it but will bring sharply colder and drier air to a lot of the region…
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The latest 7-day QPF shows that a lot of the region will see only a little rain this week. Most of what is expected will fall mid-week with the passage of a strong cold front starting on Monday. The heaviest rain from the front will be in Virginia and North Carolina, with very little rain…
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As most of you know, this year’s production of peaches in Georgia and in nearby states was sharply down this year due to the combination of a very warm winter and a mid-March frost that hit right when most peach trees were blooming. This resulted in small fruit or no fruit at all in many…
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If you ever get asked about what kinds of disasters have hit your county or community, you should check out the new Atlas of Disaster put together by Rebuild by Design and available here as a PDF file. They also have PDFs of individual staetes, such as this one for Georgia at GEORGIA.pdf (rebuildbydesign.org). You…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released today, shows an expansion of extreme (D3) drought in Alabama as well as its introduction into far NW Georgia this week due to an almost complete absence of rain. Drought also expanded slightly in North Carolina, South Carolina, and Florida and remained the same in Virginia. In Puerto Rico, the…
Posted in: Drought