Climate outlooks
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As a follow-up to the last posting on the heat dome in the central US, Bob Henson of Weather Underground posted this lengthy article about how a heat spell like the one that is coming can trigger the development of a “flash drought”, in this case most likely in the Corn Belt region, although it…
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A strong high pressure center is developing across the central US and will bring extreme high temperatures and humidity to many locations under the “dome” of high pressure over the next few days. You can read more about it at Weather Underground at https://www.wunderground.com/news/summer-heat-expanding-widespread-dangerous and at CNN at https://us.cnn.com/2016/07/17/weather/extreme-weather-heat-dome/index.html. The combination of temperatures in the 90s or…
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NOAA’s latest El Niño blog entry came out while I was on vacation. You can read it here. In it they note that we are now in neutral conditions, since El Niño has finally decayed away. But the likelihood is that the ocean will swing to a La Niña pattern in the next few months,…
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The latest 7 day QPF map shows that moderate rain is expected across most of the area this coming week. The heaviest rains will be in coastal areas of North Carolina, southwest Florida, and the northern Gulf of Mexico coast. Unfortunately, areas with the highest drought levels will see the least rain. Warmer than normal…
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The latest 7 day QPF map shows that fairly dry weather should be on tap for the next week across most of the Southeast. Most of the area will receive less than half an inch of rain, which is less than the one inch or more that plants need this time of year. The wettest…
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With almost half the year gone, it is a good time to look ahead to what is likely to happen the rest of this year and in 2017 based on the current climate pattern. While this outlook is specific to Georgia, most of the information is generally applicable to the entire Southeast. This year began…
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The latest Southeast River Forecast Center outlook for water resources in the Southeast is now available. You can find it at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SAWny6QwQ0&feature=youtu.be.