Climate outlooks
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Since I am out of town this week on a mission trip with a group from my church, I may not be able to put up the usual weekly precipitation forecast. Here is your handy guide to finding your own long-term forecast info. The main site I use for the 7 day QPF (quantitative precipitation…
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The latest outlook for July 2015 was released last week by NOAA and shows that the recent pattern of wet north, dry south in the Southeast is expected to continue for the rest of July. The outlook shows that if this pattern persists, drought development is likely in the coastal plains of Georgia and the…
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Here in Athens GA it is raining as I write this. Not a pleasant day to celebrate the Fourth, unless of course you like rain! Most of the Southeast should see at least an inch of rain in the next week. Some areas in the peninsula of Florida and in the mountains could see more.…
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June 2015 ended up quite a bit warmer than normal across the state, but precipitation was variable. Some areas received well above normal rainfall, but others areas missed the beneficial rains and experienced increasing drought. In Atlanta, the monthly average temperature was 79.6 degrees F (2.3 degrees above normal), in Athens 80.4 degrees (2.9 degrees…
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The 7 day QPF shows that most of the Southeast will receive only scattered showers for the next week. The best rain chance is Saturday into Sunday as a front approaches the area. Once the front comes through, we should have a few dry days before the chance of showers increases again later in the…
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After a few more days of heat, the Southeast should get some welcome relief from the hot conditions, according to the Climate Prediction Center and other NWS outlets. You can see the 6-10 day anomaly map at https://www.cpc.noaa.gov. Some of the extended models have the cooler conditions extending out through the first week of July.…
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The latest blog posting from SIFT (“Southeast Innovative Farming Team”) is out and features an article by David Zierden, the Florida State Climatologist, on the recent weather conditions in the region. Looks like more hot and dry weather for the Southeast! You can read his update at https://www.siftag.org/southeast-drying-out-more-hot-and-dry-weather-on-the-way/.
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