Climate outlooks
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The early summary maps for May’s climate are now available at the High Plains Regional Climate Center site. They show that for most of the Southeast, precipitation was below normal, with the exception of the areas hit by Tropical Storm Ana in the eastern Carolinas and southeastern Alabama and southwestern Georgia. The lack of rain…
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The 7-day QPF shows that much of Florida and the area along the East Coast could get hit by quite a bit of rain towards the end of this coming week. Some of the computer forecast models are developing a low pressure area that could move near the Florida peninsula by late in the week.…
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The 7-day QPF predicts that most of the Southeast will get less than an inch of rain in the coming week. The exception is the western part of the region, including Alabama, northern Georgia and the western Carolinas, where well over an inch is possible. After a great start to the Memorial Day weekend, rain…
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The Weather Underground blog today discusses what the summer climate is likely to be across the country for the next few months. Generally summer is the hardest time of year to predict, and this year is unusual because of the El Nino which is currently present in the eastern Pacific Ocean. El Nino is usually a winter…
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The latest climate outlooks for June and for June-August are now available from NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center. The outlooks show that Florida and the East Coast have a slightly increased chance of warm temperatures in June and most of the Southeast has an increased chance of wet conditions. For the three-month period from June through…
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May 2015 is half over and it is time to see how the monthly climate is doing so far. The maps from the High Plains Regional Climate Center below show that for the region as a whole, temperatures are running about 1.5 degrees above the 1981-2010 normal, while the precipitation is much below normal and…
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In the last seven days, rainfall across the Southeast has been pretty spotty except where Tropical Storm Ana traveled. The radar-estimated precipitation is shown below. Most areas received well less than an inch for the week. At my own house I received no rain, although the radar estimated that I got a little. Most likely…