Climate outlooks
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NOAA released their latest update on the current La Niña today. It indicates that La Niña is still occurring in the eastern Pacific Ocean but that it is likely to last for only a few months before going back into neutral conditions. The chance of an El Niño for next winter also seems to be…
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A slow-moving weather system should bring abundant rain to a lot of the driest part of the Southeast in the next few days. Rain is already entering Alabama this Saturday morning. The bulk of the next 7 days’ rain should fall by Monday, with only light amounts the rest of the week. By the end…
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The new outlook for December was released by the Climate Prediction Center yesterday. It shows that December has equal chances of being near normal, above or below normal except for southern Florida where there is an edge to above-normal temperatures. The lack of a strong signal is due to the expected cold outbreak that should…
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The latest 7 day QPF map shows that rain will be reentering the Southeast after a long hiatus sometime around mid-week. While the QPF map shows as much as 7 inches in the mountainous regions, I think that is likely an overestimate of actual rainfall amounts. Still, many places in the drought-stricken areas could see…
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The National Weather Service in Peachtree City GA has a new Water Resource Outlook available on YouTube. Unfortunately not a lot of good news on the drought. You can watch and listen to it at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObuBk70gicA&feature=youtu.be.
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The front passing through the Southeast this morning is dry and is bringing gusty winds to the area, increasing the potential for runaway fires and spreading the smoke from fires north of us back into the area. The next five days should be quite dry, but as we get to the end of next week…
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NOAA released their latest set of outlook maps this week. They continue to go with conditions that are consistent with La Niña for the next few months. In December, drier than normal conditions are expected to continue, while temperatures could be near, above or below normal. For the winter, spring and summer temperatures continue to…