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If you’ve been following the news this weekend you can’t help but see many stories about the massive and unprecedented flooding which is occurring in South Carolina and surrounding areas right now. Some areas in South Carolina have reported over 24 inches of rain in a single day! And the rain is still falling over…
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The journal Nature posted a new article this week on the long-term consequences of drought on California agriculture and why things may have to change in the future in spite of short-term relief from El Niño. You can read the article at https://www.nature.com/news/california-agriculture-weathers-drought-at-a-cost-1.18457.
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The pesky upper level low that is currently dumping streams of rain across South Carolina, northern Georgia and adjoining areas is moving very slowly and will continue to bring heavy rain to the region for the next couple of days. You can see the progression of the low in the daily rainfall maps at https://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/qpf/day1-7.shtml.…
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Temperatures across Georgia in September were slightly below normal for most of the state. Precipitation varied more across the region but most areas reported less than normal except along in the far southeast. The precipitation was scarce early in the month but rain was much more plentiful during the last week, resulting in a reduction…
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The latest forecast for rainfall from the current combination of weather events is shown below. Note that the general pattern and amount of rain expected has not changed. The NWS is still expecting historic rainfall amounts in South Carolina and heavy rain in adjoining areas of North Carolina and Georgia. Slight changes in the weather…
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The streamflow image from https://earth.nullschool.net this morning shows the complicated pattern that is affecting the weather in the Southeast today. The first image shows the surface wind across the Southeast, which includes the spin of Hurricane Joaquin, plus the weaker spin of Investigation 90 to the east, which has an 80 percent chance of becoming a named…
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The Florida climate summary for September 2015 is now available at https://climatecenter.fsu.edu/products-services/summaries/climate-summary-for-florida-september-2015.
Posted in: Climate summaries