Climate outlooks
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The latest 7-day QPF map shows that coastal areas of the Southeast, including most of Florida, will be relatively dry this week, but that the more northern sections, which are also the driest, will receive heavier rain. This may provide some relief to the drought which has been slowly expanding for the last couple of…
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The latest 7-day QPF forecast shows that most areas of the Southeast will receive less than half an inch of rain this week. The driest areas will be in eastern North Carolina, where abnormally dry conditions were identified in the Drought Monitor this week, and could signal the beginnings of a drought there. The wettest…
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The Climate Prediction Center has released their latest outlooks for the next year, and the outlooks show an expectation that above-normal temperatures are likely to continue for most of the next year. This is based on the trend toward warmer temperatures which has been observed in the US since the 1970s. The March outlook shows…
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The latest QPF shows that the next week should be below average in precipitation across most of the area, with most areas receiving less than half an inch. Most of what rain does fall is likely to be on Tuesday and Wednesday. The week after that looks a little more likely for some rain, although…
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NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center announced today that La Niña is now officially over. This is just as expected based on the predictions of a weak event from late last year. The sea surface temperature map below shows that while the central Pacific is still colder than normal, the eastern Pacific is now above normal in…
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While the Pacific Northwest gets blasted with another wet weather system, in the Southeast we are expecting mostly dry conditions over the next seven days. Almost all areas will receive less than half an inch, which will be great for farmers hoping to get field work done. The only exception is the far northern sections…
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Last month NOAA’s Climate.gov posted a story following the release of the 2016 global average temperature, discussing how unusual this event was. Jessica Blunden, the author, discussed the impact of El Niño on temperature records in general and specifically on the record-setting global temperatures this year. She also provided an outlook for 2017. You can…