While I Was Gone…
It’s been almost two weeks since I’ve posted… partially because of some well-deserved vacation, partially because, at least here in North Georgia, a fairly quiet weather pattern, and partially because of some other interesting events taking up my web time.
So, what did we miss. After a few weeks of quiet on the tropical front, last week brought Hurricane Kyle, which was notable in that in the first time in 17 years or so, a hurricane made landfall in Canada. Right now, Subtropical Storm Laura is on her way to England, apparently, bothering no one, really. And then there was the storm that didn’t get named despite showing some tropical characteristics—including an eye, but brought rain to the Carolinas and up into the Mid-Atlantic states.
During all this turmoil, weatherwise and otherwise, the Atlanta area stayed dry. I’ve recorded less than 2/3 of an inch of rain this month, and the official rain gauge at Hartsfield airport shows 3/4 of an inch, with no meaningful precipitation since back on the 12th. That’s about 3 inches less than a normal September, although one only has to go back to 2005 to find less, when we only had a quarter of an inch. The final total could change, since there are some storms in the area tonight, but it’s highly likely that we’ll go through another month with below-normal rainfall.
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September 30th, 2008 at 10:42 am
All of us daily readers are glad you are back and posting again! The Lawrenceville Weather Blog is absolutely outstanding and a must read for me and many others every day! I can’t wait till you are writing about how we are way above normal in rainfall. Maybe that might occur over the next year?? My wife will be too…she thinks I’m obsessed with this un-ending drought! Which I am. Keep up the great work and let us know if you discover anything about any climate change patterns the next few months/years that may bring about some change in our (the SouthEast) record drought and dry weather!