Climate outlooks
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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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The latest QPF forecast for this week shows that most of the Southeast is expected to receive less than half an inch of rain this week. This at the same time that temperatures are expected to continue to be above normal. The one-two punch is expected to add a lot of stress to growing plants,…
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The latest outlooks for the United States are available from the Climate Prediction Center. They show that for most of the Southeast, above normal temperatures and below normal precipitation have an increased chance of occurring both in July and the July through September period. This is a continuation of the pattern we have seen in…
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In his briefing for the Appalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River stakeholder group today, Florida State Climatologist David Zierden noted that the eastern Pacific Ocean is nearly at the threshold for a strong El Nino now and should pass that threshold in the next month. He presented some information about what to expect from a strong El Nino based…