Climate outlooks
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The Atlantic tropical storm season officially starts on June 1. However, this year the unofficial season may start a little earlier than usual if model predictions hold true. The models show the potential for an extratropical storm to form on an old frontal boundary over the Bahamas which could drift north to North Carolina over…
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After many days of wet conditions, the forecast for the next week shows most of the Southeast with little to no rain. This is welcome news for farmers who have been struggling to get out into the fields to do planting and other field work. The only areas that are expected to get rain are…
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Climatologists around the country have been watching the development of El Nino over the last year. In 2014 we thought a strong El Nino might be starting, but the pattern never quite developed the “oomph” needed to cross the threshold into official El Nino territory. However, many of the climate impacts we saw in the…
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The seven day QPF forecast for this week shows a continuation of rainy conditions this week across most of the Southeast. That is not good news for farmers already struggling with all the rain we’ve been having for the past few weeks. But the week won’t be continually rainy, so farmers may be able to…
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Farmers are getting anxious to get into the fields after a week with rain across the area. In southwest Alabama the rain has exceeded ten inches in some places. Here in Athens I received over 4.5 inches in the last week. Unfortunately, it looks like rain will continue through the weekend and into the early…
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NOAA released their global climate summary for March 2015 today. It shows that March was the warmest on record for the Earth as a whole since historical records began in 1880. The first quarter, January through March, was also the warmest on record. The eastern US was one of the few places that was near…
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NOAA has released their latest set of climate predictions for the upcoming months. Their May outlook shows equal chances of above, below or near normal temperature in the Southeast, but a continuation of hot conditions in the West and cooler than normal temperatures likely in Texas and the Northeast. Precipitation in May shows a slightly…
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