Climate outlooks
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The outlook for November 2018 and for November through January 2019 was released today by NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center. It shows that November is leaning towards warmer than normal temperatures across the US and wetter than normal conditions in the Southeast. For the months of November 2018 through January 2019, a weak El Niño is…
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The next week should be almost completely dry for those in the area affected by Hurricane Michael this past week. Those dry conditions should help recovery efforts in clearing roads, repairing power lines, fixing houses, and recovering scattered livestock. They need all the help they can get! We are thinking of them as we see…
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While I am traveling, I can’t provide frequent updates on Hurricane Michael, but here are some places to go and get information. As of 8 pm tonight, Michael is a category 1 storm expected to get stronger before it makes landfall, probably sometime on Wednesday afternoon on the Florida Panhandle. It is currently expected to…
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Another dry weekend is in store for most of the Southeast as the strong high pressure system continues to dominate the local weather. The high will gradually retreat to the east, allowing more flow from the Gulf of Mexico, bringing moisture back to the areas that have been quite dry. In addition, by midweek we…
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I’ve been getting a lot of questions about when we will start to experience fall temperatures. Unfortunately, I don’t see any short-term change in the weather pattern. We are currently under the influence of a large dome of high pressure which is fending off colder air and keeping us warm and dry. While this is…
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If you’ve been following the news out of Florida lately, you are aware that they have been experiencing the impacts of “red tides”, which have killed millions of fish, mammals, and reptiles like sea turtles this summer. A “red tide” is a harmful growth of algae in the sea water which depletes the oxygen and…
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The latest 7-day QPF map shows that rain this week is mainly associated with a slow-moving weak cold front which is now draped through southern Alabama and Georgia. It is expected to move farther south over the next few days. Most of the rain this week will occur near the front, and once it moves…
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