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Check Out one of the Rarest of all Clouds!!!

Check Out one of the Rarest of all Clouds!!!

Most clouds occur in the lower part of the atmosphere called the troposphere. The troposphere extends upward to around 12 miles in the atmosphere, so almost every single cloud we ever see is contained in the bottom 12 miles of the atmosphere. The reason this occurs has to do with the fact that water vapor is really only contained in the troposphere and not the mid level statosphere, upper level mesosphere, or way out there in the thermosphere. With that said, every once in a while we see very rare clouds in the mesosphere that break the rule.

Severe weather warnings go mobile

ATLANTA -- Starting this week, most Americans will be able to get  severe weather warnings sent straight to their cell phones, no matter where they are in the country.

The free Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) are a partnership between the National Weather Service, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).

They're also known as the Commercial Mobile Alert System (CMAS) or Personal Localized Alerting Network (PLAN).

And most people don't have to do anything to get the warnings. 

Will it come to my phone?
You will have to have a WEA capable phone in order to receive them. Not all providers are capable of issuing these alerts. The ones that are include AT&T, Bluegrass Cellular, Cellcom, Sprint Nextel, Verizon, T-Mobile and U.S. Cellular.

Monday Evening Webcast

Weather around N Georgia this evening looks great if you have any outside plans! Over the next few days we have a nice warm up in the forecast, check it out.

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Getting Warmer/How Animal Repond

Getting Warmer/How Animal Repond

Weather looks to be dry for much of this week as temperatures rise as we head toward the weekend. Temps today will be at or a little above normal. We have a forecast high of 88. Pretty much the same for Tuesday.

A ridge should remain intact over the southeast allowing the sunshine to stick around through roughly Thursday. A front is forecast to move into our area bring a chance for precipitation going into the Friday. Also look for temperatures to begin to warm up, low 90s expected by Wednesday and Thursday.

And I thought this was interesting enough to share……research on how birds response to weather. Take a look at this click from a recent article I found.

 

After a hurricane or earthquake, people often band together and cooperate to deal with the recovery.

The Heat Returns (I'm not talking about Basketball!) | WEATHER BLOG

Another below average day with a high 2 degrees lower than the average.  The warmer air is coming back.  So is the humidity.  Check out the updated webcast.

Last day of "below average" temps | WEATHER BLOG

Last day of "below average" temps | WEATHER BLOG

We've been spoiled this weekend.  We've had below average temperatures.  The mornings have been refreshing with lows about 5 degrees lower than average.

Mother Nature's Gift for Father's Day! | WEATHER BLOG

All of the Dads got a great gift from Mother Nature!  We will continue with below average temperatures today for Father's Day.  We started off this morning with a nice refreshing feel to the air.  Temperatures were around 64 here in the city.  It was cooler in the outlying areas.  The average low for today's date is 69 degrees.  We were 5 degrees below the average here in Atlanta.

We will remain a little below the average this afternoon, too.  The average high for today's date is 87.  We'll move up to 84.  That will be about 3 degrees below average.

We will also stay dry today.  THere is just a slight chance of an isolated shower in the north Georgia mountains in the afternoon hours.  That will be the case for the next few days as the metro area stays dry, but the mountains might see a few showers.