Climate outlooks
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After all the rain we have been having, farmers are no doubt excited to hear that this week should be nearly dry for most of the region. That will allow a lot of planting and other field work to take place. The wettest areas will be in northern Alabama and eastern Virginia while Florida will…
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I am in Austin TX for the eclipse on Monday, but I don’t expect to see much, since rain is expected to move in on Monday morning. But I am hopeful that we may get a break in the clouds. If nothing else, it will get really dark for a few minutes. That rain will…
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The latest 7-day QPF map shows that most of the region should receive less than half an inch this week, with some areas in Virginia, northern GA and NE Alabama and the west coast of Florida receiving up to an inch. Most of the rain will fall midweek, with another dry weekend coming up. The…
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NOAA released their spring outlook for the US about a week ago but due to the software update this is the first chance I have had to post it. The outlook shows that above-normal temperatures are likely to continue through the April-June period. A lot of the Southeast also has a higher than usual chance…
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The university blog sites are shutting down this weekend for a software update, so here is an early look at the rainfall for the next week. It shows that several rain events will move through the region over the next seven days, bringing several inches of rain to most of the region with the exception…
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The latest climate outlook, issued by NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center today, shows that wetter and warmer than normal conditions are expected through most of the Southeast through late summer. After that, a switch to drier than normal conditions is expected to occur as the La Nina becomes stronger. If the La Nina strengthens more quickly…
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Since we are approaching the end of March and corn is already popping up in South Georgia, it’s time to look at the likely weather conditions for the 2024 growing season. The big factors to consider this year are the rapidly weakening El Niño and predicted quick swing to La Niña, the rising temperatures around…
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