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If you’ve ever been out in an area covered by a significant snowfall, you may have noticed the “hush” that often occurs. Some of the quietness is probably due to the lack of traffic on nearby streets, but snow actually has a sound-deadening effect. You can read more about it here at the University of…
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If you have been following the national news, you know that a big storm is cranking up over the Southeast today and will move northeast over the Atlantic states, bringing 20-30 inches of snow to the DC area. Here is a great article from the Capital Weather Gang which explains why the storm is so…
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If you are in Florida, southern Alabama and Georgia and the eastern Carolinas, you may smile and ignore this post. Unless you are traveling this weekend. But if you are anywhere else, you might want to read this article posted in Vox.com yesterday. Alan Black and Thomas Mote at the University of Georgia compared deaths…
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The Climate Prediction Center put out their latest outlooks for February and the rest of the year today. They show that cooler and wetter conditions than normal should continue to dominate the weather of the Southeast for at least February through April. A fter that, there is no indication of any trends in precipitation for…
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I don’t usually post travel-related pieces, but love this description of Boone NC from Our State in relation to its precipitation. They are sure to get a batch of it in the next few days as a monster storm moves up the East Coast. Washington DC may get hit by 1-2 feet of snow before…
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If you’ve been following the monthly summaries of climate that NOAA puts out at the end of each month, it will not be a surprise to you that 2015 has been declared the warmest year on record. Monthly temperatures across the globe have been consistently above normal all year, due in part to contributions from…
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Today parts of the Southeast are experiencing freezing rain, sleet and snow in some locations. This storm is expected to move up the East Coast and bring blizzard conditions to the Washington DC area. Paul Huttner of Minnesota Public Radio posted an entry on his blog this week reminding us to look for the beauty…