PARTS OF GEORGIA AND ALABAMA NOW HAS SEVERE AND EXTREME DROUGHT CONDITIONS.
Severe drought is the third-worst of five drought categories, ranging from abnormally dry to exceptional drought. The estimated...
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Brandon Shipp
Oct 2, 20193 min read
DROUGHT WORSENING IN THE SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST DUE TO RECENT RECORD HEAT AND HIGH PRESSURE.
Severe drought has developed in several states, where crop losses are likely beginning and water shortages are possible. Severe drought...
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Brandon Shipp
Sep 19, 20195 min read
10 YEARS SINCE THE GREAT FLOOD OF 2009 IN ATLANTA AND NORTH GEORGIA.
Catastrophic flooding impacted the Atlanta metropolitan area September 15-22, 2009, as a result of multiple days of prolonged rainfall. A...
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Brandon Shipp
Sep 14, 20191 min read
HURRICANE DORIAN BY THE NUMBERS
HURRICANE DORIAN BY THE NUMBERS: It was a Historic Storm one that the name will likely be retired. It had 4 landfalls including 3 in the...
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Brandon Shipp
Aug 23, 20192 min read
BEYOND THE FORECAST: JULY 2019 WAS THE HOTTEST MONTH ON RECORD FOR THE PLANET.
SOURCE NOAA: Much of the planet sweltered in unprecedented heat in July, as temperatures soared to new heights in the hottest month ever...
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Brandon Shipp
Aug 23, 20192 min read
BEYOND THE FORECAST: THE FASTEST WARMING CITIES AND STATES IN AMERICA AND ABOUT TEMPERATURE CHANGE.
Temperatures have risen at nearly 98% of U.S. cities since 1970. Ten cities have warmed by at least 4 degrees, and 59, have warmed by at...
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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 22, 20191 min read
BEYOND THE FORECAST: WHAT IS THE URBAN HEAT ISLAND EFFECT?
The urban heat island effect is something that we see almost on a daily basis in metropolitan cities such as Atlanta, Dallas Texas, New...
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Brandon Shipp
Aug 22, 20191 min read
BEYOND THE FORECAST: WHAT IS THE HOTTEST AND COLDEST TEMPERATURES EVER RECORDED IN GEORGIA?
The highest temperature ever recorded in Georgia is 112 °F (44 °C) while the lowest ever recorded is −17 °F (−27 °C) Heat Waves with...
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Brandon Shipp
Aug 22, 20192 min read
BEYOND THE FORECAST: ABOUT THE HISTORIC DROUGHT IN THE SOUTHEAST 2006-2008 IN GA, AL, TN, AND NC.
It was a crippling drought that struck the southeast of the U.S. Several reasons, including an unusually strong Bermuda high pressure and...
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Brandon Shipp
Aug 22, 20191 min read
BEYOND THE FORECAST: WHAT’S A DERECHO?
A derecho (pronounced similar to “deh-REY-cho” in English is a widespread, long-lived windstorm that is associated with a band of rapidly...
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Brandon Shipp
Aug 22, 20191 min read
BEYOND THE FORECAST: WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN “ISOLATED” AND “SCATTERED” THUNDERSTORMS?
The terms “isolated” and “scattered” refer to the areal coverage of the precipitation event. “Scattered” is used to reference showers or...
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Brandon Shipp
Aug 22, 20192 min read
BEYOND THE FORECAST: ALL ABOUT LIGHTNING AND THE DANGERS OF IT.
Most fatal lightning strikes take place during the summer, according to National Weather Service data. It kills an average of 47 people...
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Brandon Shipp
Aug 22, 20192 min read
BEYOND THE FORECAST: POSITIVE LIGHTNING WHY IT'S SO DANGEROUS.
Positive lightning: These types of strikes only make-up about 5-10% of all lightning strikes. Unlike Negative lightning which originates...
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Brandon Shipp
Aug 22, 20191 min read
BEYOND THE FORECAST: THE 5 SECOND RULE FOR LIGHTNING
You may have heard of the 5 second rule when it comes to dropped food on the floor - but have you heard of the weather 5 second rule? It...
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Brandon Shipp
Aug 22, 20191 min read
BEYOND THE FORECAST: WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A FUNNEL CLOUD AND A TORNADO?
You may think a funnel cloud and a tornado are one and the same, but they actually mean different things. A funnel cloud is a tight...
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Brandon Shipp
Aug 22, 20191 min read
BEYOND THE FORECAST: WHAT IS THE CRITERIA FOR A SEVERE STORM? ALL ABOUT SEVERE STORMS.
When a Severe Thunderstorm Warning is issued, what does that mean? There are only three criteria that makes a storm severe. When a Severe...
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Brandon Shipp
Aug 22, 20191 min read
BEYOND THE FORECAST: UNDERSTANDING SEVERE WEATHER RISK CATEGORIES AND THE DIFFERENCES.
The Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Oklahoma issues several daily severe weather outlooks assessing the severe weather risk, not only...
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Brandon Shipp
Aug 22, 20191 min read
BEYOND THE FORECAST: WHAT IS A MICRO-BURST?
Have you heard of a microburst before? It's a very localized weather phenomenon that can do lots of damage. A microburst is a strong...
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Brandon Shipp
Aug 22, 20191 min read
BEYOND THE FORECAST: HOW DOES A TORNADO FORM?
Have you ever wondered how a tornado forms? Well, conditions have to be just right to get a tornado. When you look at a strong...
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