Climate outlooks
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The latest 7 day QPF map shows that all of the region will get rain this week. The lightest amounts will be in North Carolina and Virginia, with less than half an inch expected. The heaviest amounts will be along the Gulf Coast and along the Florida peninsula, with several inches expected. If you look…
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Is it ever going to stop raining? I’ve been getting this question a lot in the last couple of weeks, as farmers and everyone else get inundated by repeated rounds of thunderstorms that develop over the afternoon hours and grow in the late afternoon heat. I’ve gotten almost three inches of rain in the last…
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NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center released their latest round of climate predictions late last week. You can always find them at https://www.cpc.noaa.gov too. The outlooks show that for July, there are equal chances of near, below and above normal precipitation across the Southeast, with most of the region falling into the same EC category for temperature.…
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The latest 7-day QPF map shows that there is a chance of rain every day this coming week, although Sunday will probably be fairly dry for more areas. As long as we have wet soils, the chance of daily rains will continue. The longer-range forecasts do show a chance of drying in weeks 3-4, but…
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The latest Water Resources Outlook video from the NWS Southeast River Forecast Center is now available on YouTube. You can reach it through https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdBOXWv6HUM&feature=youtu.be.
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We are now well into the typical summertime precipitation pattern for the Southeast. Ample soil moisture from our wet May and early June has provided a good source of water vapor for the development of daily thunderstorms. As usual, these storms will be hit-or-miss across the area, although most areas are likely to see some…
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The latest 7-day QPF map shows that it should be a fairly rainy week across the Southeast. Some rain is possible every day, with no day looking completely dry. The rain is likely to be scattered thunderstorms for the most part, so expect hit-or-miss conditions in many areas.
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