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The Carolinas Integrated Science and Assessments (CISA) group has just published a four-page fact sheet describing the flood event that hit South Carolina in early October. They describe the weather, the climate context, the hydrologic response and the impacts for future planning and provide a list of additional resources. You can find it here.
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The State Climate Office of North Carolina has released their official forecast for the winter of 2015-16. You can read it on their blog at https://climate.ncsu.edu/climateblog?id=166&h=5666e5c1. Here’s their summary of what to expect for North Carolina this winter. The more general aspects of the forecast are also applicable to the rest of the Southeast, although snowfall…
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I’ve been asked why the National Weather Service Office in Peachtree City, GA, is not issuing freeze warnings today even though tonight is the first expected occurrence of killing frost this year for parts of north and central Georgia. You can see the hole in the warnings on the national warning map below. Freeze warnings (dark…
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With widespread frost expected across northern and central Alabama, Georgia and points farther east and the cold winter season upon us, you might find this blog post from the National Forests blog on myths about cold weather interesting. For example, did you know that you do not lose most of your heat from the top…
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As a cold front moves through the region today, a few spotty showers are being kicked off. The real story will be the chilly air that is ushered in behind it. Saturday night may see frost in the northern part of Georgia, but Sunday night into Monday morning will see much colder temperatures. Frost and…
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The NWS Office in Peachtree City, Georgia has issued this press release on the coming winter conditions and how the strong El Niño is likely to affect snowfall and other extreme weather events. Here is the text of the press release below: While pegged to have the strongest El Niño since 1997-1998…
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CNN posted an interview with Dr. Erin Lipp, professor of environmental health at the University of Georgia, on the topic of the impacts of changing climate on health and diseases. Dr. Lipp says that the changes in climate we have seen in recent years can increase risks for human health, no only through increases in…