The latest monthly and seasonal climate outlooks for the United States were released today. They show that for both October and the October through December period, warmer than normal conditions are likely across the region. They also show that drier than normal conditions are expected in a lot of the region for the last three months of the year with the exception of southeastern Florida, where wetter conditions are more likely. October precipitation is expected to be wetter than normal in the Florida peninsula and nearby areas, with equal chances of below, near, or above normal precipitation expected in the coming month due to the uncertainty with activity in the Atlantic tropics. Drought is expected to expand from Alabama into Georgia and the Florida Panhandle as well increase in Alabama and Tennessee.
