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Kirk Mellish's Weather Commentary

Kirk Mellish's Weather Commentary Archive for August 2011 

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Blog Entries for Wednesday, August 31

Look at how the two main global models are worlds apart on Lee Labor Day Night. The European Model (top) shows tropical storm Lee in Gulf heading to South Texas as a major hurricane. Meanwhile the American Model (bottom) has it as a weak tropical storm heading northeast ending up off the Georgia/South Carolina coast.

Hurricane season 2011

Katia and Lee sittin in a tree. Seasons change.

Blog Entries for Monday, August 29

Hurricane Irene meteorologist notes

Irene was an historic storm in many ways. The total population affected and the widespread power loss put it at the top of all tropical cyclones to hit the U.S. It's diminished wind despite undiminished low pressure is a meteorological first.

Blog Entries for Friday, August 26

Autumn 90-day weather outlook

Relief from the long hot summer comes but slowly. No relief from the dryness unless we get a lucky tropical system or two.

Blog Entries for Wednesday, August 10

Comfortable summers in Atlanta are rare

Comfortable summers in Atlanta are rare, it's a climate thing. This is Part II of summer temperature analysis for Atlanta.

Blog Entries for Monday, August 8

Atlanta summer running hot but it's been worse

We are running close to last summer for heat waves this summer, but it's small comfort that it's not even close to being a record hot summer.

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