Wednesday Evening Webcast

Submitted by Mike Francis, Chief Meteorologist

Wednesday, June 20th, 2012, 4:46pm

Here is your Wednesday evening webcast, enjoy the great evening!

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Summer Solstice Today

Submitted by Allison Chinchar, Meteorologist

Wednesday, June 20th, 2012, 2:05pm

Happy Summer Solstice! Today is officially the first day of summer, and the longest day of the year 2012. In fact, today we will have just a little over 14 hours and 24 minutes of daylight. Compare that to the 9 hours and 5 minutes we have on the shortest day of the year at the end of December!

Today is the day the Sun reaches its most northern point in the sky at local noon. That doesn't mean the sun will be exactly overhead at noon for us. That only happens along the Tropic of Cancer, which is about where Cuba is.

This year's summer solstice takes place a day earlier than it's been for the past three years due to the fact that this year was a leap year. In general the exact timing of the summer solstice is around June 21, but changes from year to year ranging from June 20-22th.

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Heat Is On!

Submitted by Chesley McNeil, Meteorologist

Wednesday, June 20th, 2012, 7:10am

Summer is here, and it will start feeling like it. Temps will hit the 90s Thursday and will remain there through the weekend and into next week. Time to start thinking about heat and heat safety. Here’s how the National Weather Service decides when to issue Heat Watches and Warnings:

How Forecasters Decide Whether to Issue Excessive Heat Products

NOAA's heat alert procedures are based mainly on Heat Index Values. The Heat Index, sometimes referred to as the apparent temperature is given in degrees Fahrenheit. The Heat Index is a measure of how hot it really feels when relative humidity is factored with the actual air temperature.

To find the Heat Index temperature, look at the Heat Index chart below. As an example, if the air temperature is 96°F and the relative humidity is 65%, the heat index--how hot it feels--is 121°F.

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56 Years of Tornado Tracks Analysis

Submitted by Mike Francis, Chief Meteorologist

Tuesday, June 19th, 2012, 9:28pm

Ok, so I posted this pic on my facebook page earlier tonight and posed the question:

Check out this picture of 56 years of US tornadoes! Um, can you pick out where tornado alley is, or should it be in the SE? Where do you think the densest cluster is, does that surprise you? I will have a blog on this image later tonight!

So here is the blog and I am going to break it down into the areas that I see having the highest concentrations of tornadoes. These 3 areas I see are:

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Tropical Storm Chris Forms

Submitted by Mike Francis, Chief Meteorologist

Tuesday, June 19th, 2012, 5:27pm

This is the latest from the NHC:

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Tuesday Evening Weather Webcast

Submitted by Mike Francis, Chief Meteorologist

Tuesday, June 19th, 2012, 4:39pm

Weather this evening will be nice and hot, tomorrow will be on the hot side as well. Check it out in the latest webcast.

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Tropical Weather

Submitted by Chesley McNeil, Meteorologist

Tuesday, June 19th, 2012, 7:53am

Not much weather wise to blog about today, everything looking pretty good. A little to warm for my taste, but living in Georgia, this can be expected this time of year. Look for the summer pattern to remain for the rest of the week and through the weekend.

Got plans to head down to the Caribbean in the coming days. Take a look at the latest outlook.

There are two areas the National Hurricane Center will be monitoring.

The first area is in the northern Atlantic:

Showers and thunderstorms associated with a non-tropical low located about 550 miles Northeast of Bermuda have decreased this evening.

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