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A Nor'easter in January 2018

What Causes Wind? A Powerful Nor'easter This Weekend Can Help Explain

By Marshall Shepherd, Contributor

You see it blowing tree limbs, flags, or leaves on the ground. This weekend people from the mid-Atlantic to northeast United States will experience quite a bit of wind as a Nor'easter storm impacts the region Friday and Saturday.

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Atmospheric Sciences Program director to study 2016 fire outbreak

Marshall Shepherd, Georgia Athletic Association Distinguished Professor and director of the Atmospheric Sciences Program, received $50,000 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service to examine the role of weather and climate in the 2016 Appalachian fire outbreak.


Hurricane Harvey: Why Is It So Extreme?

How did the storm rapidly blow up from Category 1 to 4, why is it so stuck over Houston, how can it possibly produce so much rain? 


Geography professor to receive American Meteorological Society award

Georgia Athletic Association Distinguished Professor Marshall Shepherd will receive the 2018 Helmut E. Landsberg Award from the American Meteorological Society.

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The darkest day: Thousands watch eclipse at Sanford Stadium

More than 20,000 spectators gathered in the University of Georgia’s Sanford Stadium on Monday to watch the moon blot out the sun.

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