Weather Hazards Spotty rain probably helped some with fires, but much more needed 27 Apr 202627 Apr 2026 As expected the rain yesterday was spotty, but in at least two cases it was the right spots. Here's the 72 hour radar estimated rain across the region ... The…
Uncategorized Minimal rain yesterday, not much expected today 26 Apr 202626 Apr 2026 Unfortunately not a lot of rain was dumped on the wildfire areas yesterday ... The blue swaths are barely 0.1" in most places. The higher humidities and even drizzle helps…
Weather Hazards No comfort to give you … 25 Apr 202625 Apr 2026 As the sun rises this morning, the approaching cold front is clearly visible to the west along with the plumes of smoke from the still out of control fires in…
Administrative oops. 24 Apr 202624 Apr 2026 As sometimes happens when rushing to get a post out, the email version had a big glitch in it. A map got zapped by a deleted bit of text (probably…
Weather Hazards Fire images this Friday morning, Precip outlook 24 Apr 202624 Apr 2026 The two biggest fires, Pineland Road in Clinch County, and Brantley County's US 82 fire, are both largely uncontained (over 30k acres/10% and 5k acres/15% respectively). Here is this morning's…
Remote Sensing… Fire watch (23 April) 23 Apr 202623 Apr 2026 Still watching the fires in South Georiga, which continue to burn mostly uncontained ... here is the animation using 10 minute frames from GOES East this morning ... The sea…
Administrative Reminder to subscribers about the Satellite page 21 Apr 202621 Apr 2026 Just a reminder that many of the satellite images I post on the blog and social media, including the CIRA Fire Temperature Analysis for the entire US, are available real…
Weather Hazards Fire in Clinch County near Okefenokee Swamp 21 Apr 202621 Apr 2026 If you're on the GA coast and wondering why the sky is reddish-brown and it smells like something is burning, it's due to smoke from a fire in Clinch County…
Geophysics… Big earthquake near Japan, no tsunami (20 Apr 2026) 20 Apr 202620 Apr 2026 There was a mangitude 7.4 earthquake off the coast of Japan this morning ET ... The big fear from events in that location is another tsunami like the 2011 Tohoku…
Administrative… Cold front dries up as it approaches the coast 19 Apr 202619 Apr 2026 As expected, the cold front is looking to bring clouds and not much else to coastal GA/SC. Here's the rain rate maps for the next three days animated using QGIS,…
