Climate outlooks
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If you live in or near Florida or are just interested in what is happening in that part of the Southeast, you may want to listen to or read this story from WUSF featuring David Zierden, the Florida State Climatologist. In this piece, he describes the record-setting temperatures in Florida in 2023 and the outlook…
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Once again, rain is expected to fall across a lot of the Southeast this weekend with the latest storm system moving across the region from west to east. On Saturday rain will fall mostly in the western sections of the Southeast, but the front will move to the east overnight, bringing rain to areas farther…
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Even though we are still in a strong El Nino, NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center issued a La Nina watch today for the expected swing from our current ENSO phase through neutral to the opposite phase, La Nina, by mid-summer. The speed at which the atmosphere transitions from one phase to another will determine what kinds…
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I’ve been getting a few emails asking about the current warm weather and if it is likely to continue since growers are concerned about bud break if the warm weather continues. I put a thermograph of daily temperatures for Blairsville below to show how temperatures have changed over time. On the thermograph, the green band…
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Rain is expected across most of the southern part of the region over the next 2-3 days before high and dry air returns to the region mid-week. North Carolina and Virginia will miss out on rain this weekend, but will pick up some showers leading into next weekend with the next system coming through, although…
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The latest outlook from NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center continues to show the continuing influence of this year’s strong El Nino according to maps released yesterday. Wetter than normal conditions are expected from Florida north to the southern parts of GA and AL, while temperatures are expected to remain close to normal due to the tug…
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I’m a day late with the weekly precipitation forecast because I have been traveling to Baltimore to attend the annual meeting of the American Meteorological Society. Imagine over 6,000 meteorologists, hydrologists, and other earth scientists getting together to talk science, weather, climate, and society! We are proud of our UGA Atmospheric Science students for providing…
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