Climate outlooks
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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…
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The blog at Climate.gov posted a new discussion of the current unusual mid-year El Nino and how it might evolve over the next few months. It is available here. The article discusses how this El Nino has come on much more slowly than most El Ninos in the past, which makes it a bit harder to…
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Texas is the big winner in this coming week’s rain contest, with the potential for as much as 10 inches of rain possible over parts of the state. Here in the Southeast, most areas will receive less than an inch of rain except for areas near TS Ana in the eastern Carolinas. Coupled with the…
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As of 5 am this morning, the National Hurricane Center announced that Ana has made the transition from subtropical to tropical storm with the development of convection close to the center and upper level outflow. No change in the predicted impacts are expected. Tropical storm warnings are up along the South and North Carolina coasts…
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Meteorologists have been watching the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Georgia and South Carolina for the possible development of Ana, the first named storm of the 2015 tropical season. While the hurricane hunters have not found the closed low they look for when making an official declaration, the National Hurricane Center puts the chance…