Climate outlooks
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The latest monthly climate outlook for the US was released today. It shows that for most of the Southeast, conditions are likely to be above normal for June. Temperature is leaning slightly towards above normal temperatures in western parts of the region but elsewhere there are equal chances of near, below, or above normal. The…
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Subtropical Storm Alberto is organizing in the Gulf of Mexico and has started moving north. It is expected to make landfall somewhere along the coast between the Panhandle of Florida and eastern Louisiana sometime Monday night into Tuesday morning. However, the rain from Alberto will begin to fall well before the center hits shore. Rainfall…
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If you are interested in more information on the current weather and the outlook for the next week, here are two slide sets from the National Weather Service forecast office in Peachtree City GA and the Southeast River Forecast Center from media briefings earlier today. They provide more details about the upcoming tropical rain event.…
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Long-time residents of Georgia may remember the devastating floods of Tropical Storm Alberto in July 1994. The rain was so intense that Georgia’s one-day rainfall record was set during that storm, with 21.10 inches recorded at Americus for a 24-hour period ending on July 6, 1994 as the storm stalled over the state. In spite…
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The latest 7-day QPF forecast indicates that the current rainy pattern is likely to continue for at least the next week, with rainfall amounts of up to several inches of rain in isolated locations likely to occur as scattered showers and thunderstorms continue to move through the region. The highest amounts of rain are expected…
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The maps for the temperature and precipitation departures from normal for the month of May so far show that for most parts of the Southeast, temperatures are above normal and precipitation is below normal. Temperatures should stay above normal for most of the next month, so May is likely to end up above normal in…
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A couple of disturbances from the tropics will bring a lot of rain to the Southeast this week. One disturbance will move north from the southeastern tip of Florida over the weekend and will bring rain to Georgia and the Carolinas by Monday or Tuesday. Another one will move in from the northeastern Gulf of…
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