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It’s going to be very cold in the Southeast for the next few days. Climatologists are already bracing themselves for people to say “I could use a little global warming about now.” Besides demonstrating that they don’t understand the differences between weather and climate, it shows a disdain for the science behind predictions of how…
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Last week, I gave a talk at the Southeast Fruit & Vegetable Growers conference in Savannah to peach growers. One of the things we discussed was the change in chill hours over time due to the warming climate. I provided some graphs showing the decrease in chill hours that I created using hourly data from…
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Space weather is not something we talk about very often in this blog, but solar storms that bring charged particles towards the earth can cause significant disruptions in communications. The worst ones, like the Carrington event in 1859 that disrupted telegraph service around the world, can shut down anything that is affected by strong electric…
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NOAA and other organizations have now completed their analysis of the global climate for 2023. Every one of them shows that 2023 was the warmest year in record (since records began in 1880) by quite a bit. This is due to the strong El Nino, the rapidly warming Arctic, and the record-setting warm ocean temperatures…
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Many people claim to be affected by weather patterns such as high or low pressure, low humidity, and other factors. They are linked to joint pain, migraines, and other health issues. One of my colleagues, Dr. Chris Elcik of the UGA Geography/Atmospheric Sciences program, has studied how people sensitive to weather are eager to get…
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With the passage of the cold front yesterday, we are now expecting a somewhat more quiet period as far as weather goes, since the week will be dominated by a cold high pressure. There is likely to be some wintry precipitation and perhaps snow in northern parts of the region, but keep in mind the…
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All of the rain that we have gotten in the last week has resulted in significant improvement of drought conditions across large parts of the Southeast. Every state has seen reductions in drought, and more is likely this week with the next storm coming through on Friday. Even Alabama, which is still mostly covered by…
Posted in: Drought