Climate outlooks
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As expected, the frigid air has arrived in the Southeast, and near-record setting temperatures were experienced across a lot of the area this morning. The map from CRONOS from the North Carolina State Climatology Office at 8 am below shows the extent of the cold air. Today the maximum high temperature in many areas will…
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Meteorologists are anxiously watching the latest blast from the Arctic, which is expected to move into the Southeast after a cold frontal passage on Wednesday. Predicted temperatures on Thursday show that it is likely that many areas of the Southeast will experience record low high temperatures and some record lows may also fall. A nice…
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The storm that will be moving into the Southeast over the next few hours has been watched closely by meteorologists for potential impacts that could negatively affect folks here in the Southeast. Early models indicated that there was a possibility for snow which excited a lot of my friends here in the South. Yesterday, new…
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This should be a big week for wet weather in a lot of the Southeast, with the exception of south Florida. Saturday will be the nicest day in the week for most of the area, and then things get interesting with the next blast of cold air moving into the region on Saturday night into…
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The Climate Prediction Center and numerous other groups are warning of a potential winter storm which is expected to impact parts of the Southeast early next week. The forecast models are in agreement that a significant winter storm is likely to occur, although they are still evolving on which areas will experience snow and which…
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The Southeast as a whole has been cool and relatively dry for the month of February so far. The notable exception is the Florida Peninsula, which is much wetter than average due to the passage of numerous storms across the area so far this month. The dry conditions have slightly expanded the area of the…
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David Zierden, the Florida State Climatologist, posted a new blog entry today on the blog site for the Southeast Innovative Farming Team (SIFT). Here is the link. In the post he discusses the cold weather that we expect for the rest of February and the winter to date. Looks like the groundhog was right–winter is…