Climate outlooks
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The latest outlook maps from the Climate Prediction Center show an increased chance of above normal temperatures across the country in May. Precipitation in the Southeast shows a tendency towards drier than normal conditions in the Tennessee River Valley, which is consistent with recent research showing the highest likelihood of dry conditions in that region…
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The latest 7-day QPF map shows that no rain is expected in almost all of the Southeast this week. The weekend should be completely dry except for some weak showers along the Appalachian Mountains, then no rain in the region until Thursday and Friday, when a front moving into the region from the west will…
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The 7-day forecast for rainfall in the Southeast shows that we are expected to get up to several inches of rain in the next week. Most of that will fall Sunday night into Tuesday morning as a low passes over Alabama and Georgia. After that passes, rainfall amounts will be light. We can use the…
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The latest set of outlook maps for May 2018 and beyond are now available from NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center. They show that May leans towards warmer and wetter than normal for all of the Southeast, with the strongest signal in southern Florida. Warmer than normal conditions are also more likely for the May through July…
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The next two days should bring a lot of rain to some parts of the Southeast but less to others. After the storm system passes, we can expect dry conditions for the remainder of the week. Since some of the storms this weekend could be severe, make sure you have a way to get storm…
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This week should see relatively little rain for Alabama and northern Georgia as the front that is current moving through the area sags south and stalls out over northern Florida. That will be welcome news for those in the driest areas of the Southeast, since the rain should provide some needed soil moisture and could…
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The first of several tropical storm forecasts for the 2018 Atlantic hurricane season was released today by Colorado State University. It shows that they expect a slightly greater than normal number of storms and probability of making landfall in the US based on the weakening La Niña and ocean temperatures that are above normal in…