Beyond The Forecast with David Chandley
A change in the hurricane season forecast
NOAA's climate prediction center has just updated their hurricane season outlook and the result is surprising. They are looking for an above average rest of the season. The numbers fall this way: 12 to 17 named storms, we have already had 6 and the average is 12. NOAA is predicting ...
Rainfall numbers are concerning
As we roll into a new month, looking back, rainfall totals are well short of where they should be. Even with pop up storms, our deficit for 2012 is now over 7 and half inches. For the statistically wettest month of July our deficit is 1.74" and for the summer ...
Did the rain help the drought?
After some blistering record high temps in late June and early July, the weather pattern changed to a moderate temp/scattered storm scenario for several weeks. Many areas saw tropical downpours with brief flash flooding an issue in many neighborhoods. The afternoon storm machine brought beneficial rain and kept afternoon high ...
Damaging T-Storm Winds: Microbursts
As we we have seen lately, our afternoon and evening t-storms are producing wind damage around North Georgia. This is fairly a common occurrence in the hot summer months. Our microbursts are classified as wet microbursts because they are generated by heavy rain and hail. Microbursts can cause a tremendous ...
Record heat impacts drought status
After a weekend of all-time record heat and a continuation of above normal temps this week, the drought status for North Georgia has taken a turn for the worst. Most of metro Atlanta is in either a severe (level 2) or extreme (level 3) drought and that is a change ...
Trouble brewing in the Gulf
It will be an interesting weekend watching the Gulf of Mexico and the possibility of Tropical Storm Debby. There are several computer models that provide forecast guidance, the problem is, there is very little consensus. The Gulf of Mexico is plenty warm enough, the upper level shear is moderate and ...
Tropical Rain barely a dent in the drought
The slow movement of Tropical Storm, then Tropical Depression, Beryl brought some beneficial rain to our state. Most of the heavy rain stayed in southeast Georgia where doppler radar estimates had totals at 4 to 6 inches. This area had been under an extreme drought (Level 3) and those totals ...
Tropical Storm Alberto...Part 2
Over the weekend, the National Hurricane Center named the first tropical storm of the season, before the actual season starts on June 1st. Tropical Storm Alberto is less than 200 miles from the Georgia coast. Maximum winds are 40 mph and the only threat to the coast is dangerous rip ...
One lake up, another is holding on
The Mother's Day rain was a welcomed sight for many parts of a thirsty North Georgia. Rainfall amounts were between and inch and 2 inches. For Atlanta that means a surplus for the month of May and knocks the deficit for the year down to under 3 inches. The biggest ...
Drought line is a fine line
Spotty May showers and the promise for more wet weather in the next two weeks, the drought situation for North Georgia remains complex. Examining the latest drought monitor, the drought levels are either zero or a major concern. Areas roughly north of Cedartown, Canton, Dawsonville and Clayton are drought free ...
A Legend in My Mind
Allow me this space to honor a great man on his 75th birthday. He has shown me how to work hard, how to love a wife, how to be a father and how to be a loyal friend. He was the first in his family to graduate college. He bore ...
Always Remember April 27th
I will always remember the days leading up to the historic tornado outbreak of April 27/28. Analyzing the forecast charts is one thing, seeing it come to life is another. Several days out, there was no doubt a significant weather event was going to happen, and it did. Watching the ...
So Long La Niña-Hello El Niño?
La Nina brought North Georgia a very mild winter and record breaking warm March is now officially dead. The latest sea surface temps in the Pacific have warmed to above the threshold of a La Nina declaration. This episode was on and off for more than two years. Now a ...
Charlie's video of beating his fears of severe weather
The night of April 27th 2011 an EF-3 (winds 136 to 165 mph) tornado roared across parts of Lamar County. Several homes were hit and two people died on Grove St. Also on Grove St., Charlie Strom and his family hid in the family closet. Their home was nearly leveled, ...
Breaking a hurricane myth
Here is some news out of the National Hurricane Conference going on this week down in Orlando Florida. The official word from the National Hurricane Center is, do not tape your windows of your home or business during a threat from a hurricane or strong tropical storm. Their position now ...
Surprising Spring-Summer Connection
So far March 2012 has been the warmest on record, remember that spring of 80 plus days last week, and the forecast calls for that trend continue the rest of the month. So the question on the street is: "If it's this hot now, what will be the summer be ...
Record setting day, more ways than one
I'm a numbers guy and I love statistics. I'm the young kid who knew how to do "official" scoring for baseball. Ask some one what a backwards "K" means in the the scorebook, or a what a 7-5-2 means. Weather allows me to play in the numbers. I also love ...
A Different Kind of Storm
This week atmospheric storms were few and far between, so we turned our sights to a solar storm. Scientists earlier in the week detected a massive solar flare and predicted it was headed toward earth. Indications were the electromagnetic charged particles would have an impact on satellite communications, gps systems ...
Tuned in for tornadoes
Our coverage of the tornado outbreak on Friday night was a defining moment. For years the mindset was strictly to deliver the warnings and information over the air on Channel 2. Now social media has become another valuable tool. Our mobile society is not glued to their tv like generations ...
La Nina is almost gone
Its been a part of the our weather story for more than two years. La Nina, the cooling of sea surface temperatures in the Pacific Ocean, has a huge impact on global weather patterns. The latest from NOAA says La Nina has weakened rapidly over the past two weeks and ...
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