There was actually a kind of “triple whammy” that kept the Southeast cool and wet through much of the summer, Knox said. There’s been a stationary front across south Georgia much of the last month.
Moisture-laden air would come up from the Gulf of Mexico and flow over that front to meet the third element of the triple whammy, cold air coming down from the north.
The bad news is that forecasters say the remainder of the Atlantic hurricane season could still be more active than usual, and a big hurricane or tropical storm could bring big rainfalls to Georgia.
There have been no Atlantic hurricanes this year, despite expectations of an above-average number of hurricanes. But that’s because sand from African dust storms has helped prevent hurricane formation, said George Wetzel, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service’s Peachtree City station.
But the dust storms have settled down, and conditions are now more favorable for hurricane formation, Wetzel said.
“We’re still right at the beginning of the peak hurricane season,” Knox said.
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