How many times did Atlanta drop to 32 or below during the 2019-2020 winter season?
Atlanta only dropped to 32 or below 13 times the normal average is 42 times. Winter 2019-2020 was very mild one of the warmest and...
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Brandon Shipp
Mar 21, 20201 min read
Southern Snow in April? It happened back in 1910!
A snow storm brought snow to parts of the south in April 1910. Parts of Tennessee had as much as 8 inches around the 24th and 25th of...
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Brandon Shipp
Mar 10, 20201 min read
BEYOND THE FORECAST: All about Thundersnow!
Thundersnow can occur during powerful winter storms. If the snowfall is intense and often 2 to 4" per hour then Thundersnow is possible....
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Brandon Shipp
Mar 7, 20201 min read
Meteorological Winter December-February was the wettest on record in Georgia and Alabama.
Georgia and Alabama just had the wettest meteorological winter on record. Officially in Atlanta December 5.14" of Rainfall, January 8.01"...
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Brandon Shipp
Feb 28, 20201 min read
BEYOND THE FORECAST: WHAT ARE THE CRITERIAS NEEDED FOR A STORM TO BE A BLIZZARD?
Many people think a blizzard has more to do with the amount of snow but actually it has more to do with wind. To officially quality a...
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Brandon Shipp
Feb 21, 20201 min read
A LOOK BACK AT MARCH SNOWS IN ATLANTA/NORTH GEORGIA FROM THE 1940'S TO 2009!
I love researching about the Weather, I looked back into the record books I already knew the Big Famous Blizzard of 93 (Storm of the...
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Brandon Shipp
Feb 21, 20201 min read
SNOW DROUGHT IN ATLANTA AND BIRMINGHAM
As of February 21st, 2019, It has been 765 days since the last measurable snow in Atlanta (January 17th, 2018) and 805 days since the...
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Brandon Shipp
Jan 15, 20201 min read
BEYOND THE FORECAST: WHAT IS THE COLDEST TEMPERATURES EVER RECORDED IN THE LOWER 48 AND ALASKA?
The coldest temperature ever was recorded at Rogers Pass, Montana -70 degrees on January 20th, 1954. Alaska holds the record for the...
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Brandon Shipp
Jan 15, 20201 min read
COLD AIR RETURNS TO THE EASTERN AND SOUTHERN US NEXT WEEK!
It has been unseasonably warm recently a very warm start to 2020 across the south and much of the eastern US. A pattern change will bring...
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Brandon Shipp
Dec 21, 20194 min read
Brandon's 2019-2020 Winter Weather Outlook (In-Depth Discussion)
Before going in-depth, please keep in mind that meteorology is NOT an exact science, and climate-based meteorological forecasts are more...
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Brandon Shipp
Dec 3, 20191 min read
DECEMBER STARTS WITH THE MOST SNOW COVER FOR THE FIRST PART OF DECEMBER IN THE US IN OVER A DECADE!
Snow cover across the Lower 48 Monday morning was the most expansive for Dec. 2 since at least 2003.The past week saw an increase in...
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Brandon Shipp
Nov 27, 20192 min read
TOP GEORGIA/ATLANTA SNOW AND ICE STORMS! A LOOK BACK AT SNOWY AND ICY WINTERS PAST
Atlanta's SNOWIEST Day in History was during the Great Atlanta Blizzard when 10"+ of Snow fell in Atlanta the high that day was 36 back...
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Brandon Shipp
Nov 27, 20191 min read
A DECADE OF WINTERS IN ATLANTA/NORTH GEORGIA
The long-term average is just 2 inches of snow falling on an average of one day in January and one day in February. In the winter of 1968...
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Brandon Shipp
Nov 27, 20191 min read
ATLANTA'S SNOWIEST DAY ON RECORD AND TYPICAL AVERAGES FOR WINTER
The long-term average is just 2 inches of snow falling on an average of one day in January and one day in February. In the winter of 1968...
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Brandon Shipp
Nov 14, 20191 min read
THE ODDS OF SNOW ON THANKSGIVING
Northern Canada and much of inland Alaska are almost guaranteed to have a white Thanksgiving. Parts of the upper Midwest, northern Great...
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Brandon Shipp
Nov 8, 20194 min read
Brandon's 2019-2020 WINTER WEATHER OUTLOOK!
Before going in-depth, please keep in mind that meteorology is NOT an exact science, and climate-based meteorological forecasts are more...
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Brandon Shipp
Aug 22, 20193 min read
BEYOND THE FORECAST: ABOUT METEOROLOGICAL SEASONS AND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN METEOROLOGICAL SEASONS.
For weather and climate purposes Summer actually includes all the dates between June 1st and through the end of August. Even though,...
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Brandon Shipp
Aug 20, 20195 min read
BEYOND THE FORECAST: ABOUT THE GREAT SOUTHEASTERN SNOW STORM FEBRUARY 1973!
One of the greatest snowstorms in Southeastern United States and Middle Georgia history occurred February 9-11, 1973. This storm dropped...
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Brandon Shipp
Aug 20, 20192 min read
TOP GEORGIA/ATLANTA SNOW AND ICE STORMS 1940-2017! A LOOK BACK AT SNOWY WINTERS PAST
Atlanta's SNOWIEST Day in History was during the Great Atlanta Blizzard when 10"+ of Snow fell in Atlanta the high that day was 36 back...
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Brandon Shipp
Aug 20, 20194 min read
REMEMBERING SNOWMAGEDDON JANUARY 2014 A CRIPPLING GEORGIA AND ALABAMA SNOW/ICE STORM.
Snowmageddon 2014 is a Storm I will never ever forget. . The January 28, 2014 snowstorm crippled metro Atlanta, Birmingham, and Much of...
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