Pam Knox
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Over Christmas I ran across this very interesting story on Maureen Sweeney, a woman whose forecast helped make D-Day a success. She and her husband took barometer readings in Ireland that were critical for getting the D-Day forecast correct, helping the Allies choose the right day to make the critical landing in Normandy, France. By…
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While the official statistics are not yet in, a preliminary look at the climate of 2023 shows that many stations in the Southeast had their warmest year on record. The map below from the Southeast Regional Climate Center’s Perspectives tool shows the West Coast of Florida and the northern Gulf Coast had the most record-setting…
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The fine folks at CoCoRaHS posted this map showing counties across the country that had only one or no precipitation observers. I am sad to see so many counties in Georgia that don’t have any observers, not even at extension offices. South Carolina, North Carolina, and Florida are doing a much better job of getting…
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Those of you who like history might be interested in this story about the first weather map produced. It was put together on January 1, 1871, after the Army Signal Service started taking observations in February 1870. There were only a few stations back then, and none in the west, so the detail was very…
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My cousin in Australia has already celebrated the New Year and we are about to break out the family Yahtzee game as we approach the New Year. I hope that wherever you are, you are celebrating the end of 2023 and the beginning of what I hope will be a great new year. On New…
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The latest monthly outlook, released today, shows that January is expected to be wetter than normal for the next few weeks. The long-range models indicate that a string of storms is expected to move across the region this week and next week, bringing shots of moisture to the area. The temperature is expected to oscillate…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released last week, shows that drought improved along the spine of the Southern Appalachians with the rain we got. However, abnormally dry conditions (D0) expanded in central Georgia and Alabama, which were largely missed by the last rain. In Puerto Rico there was no change in drought but abnormally dry conditions…
Posted in: Drought