Tropical Cyclones… Drought Watch Continues 15 May 202615 May 2026 Although we did get a bit of rain over the last week, it hardly moved the needle with respect to the drought index across Coastal GA and SC Lowcountry, according…
Weather Hazards Skunked again? Rain chances today crash. 11 May 202611 May 2026 Just a quick note in between watching the rough beast slouching towards Bethlehem to lament the fact the rain chances here on the coast have crashed. There is a band…
Severe Weather… Finally a good soaking rain? TS Hagupit update. 9 May 20269 May 2026 It looks like the southeast and, more importantly (or at least selfishly) coastal GA/SC will get a couple days of rain with accumulations over 2" expected across a broad area.…
Research!… Pacific depression, local rains, and why are the maps so blocky? 6 May 20266 May 2026 TL;DR: a tropical depression has spun up in the Western Pacific. It will become a typhoon, but at the moment looks to mostly avoid land. Another system will bring some…
Weather Hazards Local rain wrap-up (Sun. 3 May 2026) 3 May 20263 May 2026 With all that is going on in the news, seems a bit narcissistic to talk about the local weather and the fact we finally got some rain, but it matters…
Doomwatch!… Weekend Rain outlook, global agriculture in peril: are we facing a crisis? 2 May 20262 May 2026 A strong cold front is making its way across the US today, finally getting some rain here in the Southeast ... click any image to embiggen. So far the rain…
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…
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…
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…