Climate outlooks
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The latest 7-day QPF shows no rain for many parts of the Southeast, with the except of the Carolinas where Matthew is still dropping flooding rains and will continue to do so for the next day or so. The lack of rainfall in the driest areas is expected to increase drought while the heavy rain…
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The latest 7-day QPF shows that much of the driest area of the Southeast will experience no rain at all in the next week. If this happens, expect drought conditions to expand in the region. But there is quite a bit of uncertainty with the forecast this week because of Category 5 Hurricane Matthew in…
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The latest weather forecast models are now showing the advance of cooler, fall-like air into the Southeast in the next few days following the slow passage of a cold front through the region starting on Monday night. By late Wednesday and into Thursday and Friday we could see temperatures below normal for the first time…
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The latest QPF forecast for the Southeast shows the lowest rainfall amounts for the next week are over the driest area in the region, where extreme drought expanded in this week’s Drought Monitor. The forecast indicates that little relief is on the way in those area and that drought may continue to get worse, especially…
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The latest QPF map shows that central parts of the Southeast will receive little to no rain in the next week, while areas in Alabama, southern Florida, and just off the East Coast will receive quite a bit. Temperatures are expected to generally remain above normal, which may increase drought stress in some areas due to…
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We will soon enter the last quarter of 2016, and the Climate Prediction Center has just released their latest set of updates for fall and winter. What do they show us in the Southeast? Predictions for the end of September continue to show warmer than normal temperatures for most of the rest of the month.…
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The latest 7-day QPF forecast shows that for most inland parts of the Southeast, rainfall in the next week will be less than half an inch, well below normal even for this dry time of year. Jeff Cook, extension agent in central Georgia, points out in his Three Rivers Ag blog that the dry conditions…