Pam Knox
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The latest seasonal outlook was released last week. It shows that for June, the East Coast is leaning towards warmer than normal conditions, while the western part of our region is likely to be wetter than normal, which could hold temperatures there down because of cloud cover. For the months of June through August, warmer…
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Subtropical Storm Ana formed overnight over the Atlantic Ocean northeast of Bermuda. Subtropical storms have some tropical characteristics but are not true tropical storms in their structure. Ana is the first storm of 2021, which is expected to be another active year. This is the seventh year in a row that at least one named…
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The strong high pressure over the Southeast will continue to dominate the weather over the next week. Alabama, Florida and Georgia are not expected to see rain. After a dry weekend across the region, some showers should return to Virginia and the Carolinas, although amounts will be fairly light. Hot temperatures associated with the high…
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IFAS/University of Florida is offering a series of webinars this spring on preparing for and recovering from hurricanes and other weather disasters. The next one up is a webinar on preparing for hurricanes for forest landowners. It will be on June 3 at 2 pm ET. Just in time for hurricane season! If you have…
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NOAA released their seasonal outlook for the Atlantic hurricane season today. It shows that they expect another active hurricane season due to neutral conditions and warm sea surface temperatures. The highlights below summarize their outlook but you can read the whole thing at https://www.noaa.gov/media-release/noaa-predicts-another-active-atlantic-hurricane-season. The Highlights for the 2021 Prediction: Overall: Predicting a 60% chance for…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released today, show that abnormally dry conditions (D0) have expanded in eastern Virginia as well as slight increases in the Carolinas and Florida, but there was little increase in drought overall. With almost no rain and temperatures well above normal in the next week, we can expect those to expand on…
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The eastern parts of North and South Carolina and Virginia have been missed by a lot of the recent rains, and so an area of moderate (D1) drought has developed in parts of that region. Since they were so wet last year, it has been a while since they had to deal with dry conditions.…