Column: Trick to storm forecasting isn’t clairvoyance, but ‘the cone’

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Column: Trick to storm forecasting isn’t clairvoyance, but ‘the cone’

Rudi Kiefer

For The Times

Published: Nov 14, 2020, 7:00 AM

When Tropical Storm Eta brought 3 to 5 inches of rain to Miami and the rest of southern Florida, forecasters talked a lot about “the cone.” Hurricanes and their weaker brethren, tropical storms, aren’t cone-shaped. The cone refers to the area where a storm is predicted to go.

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Column: When it rains, it really pours in North Georgia

Rudi Kiefer

For The Times

Published: Apr 1, 2022, 12:31 AM

First it was COVID-19, then news from Eastern Europe. Both overshadowed the problem that the world will have to deal with for a long time, and that’s climate change. In the southeastern parts of Georgia, the main worry is ocean-born storms and area flooding.

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