Climate outlooks
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The strong El Niño is expected to dominate the climate of the Southeast (and the United States as a whole) over the next few months, although it has been slow to start this fall and winter. That means a strong subtropical jet across southern parts of GA and AL and northern FL, bringing rainy weather…
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NOAA published their latest monthly and seasonal summary earlier this week. November was tied for the 6th warmest for the US as a whole. It shows that for most of the Southeast, the temperature was close to normal for both November and the September through November period. Rainfall for both periods was lower than normal…
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The latest QPF map shows that most areas of the Southeast will get a good bit of rain in the next week. Most of the rain is likely to fall this weekend as a strong front pulls close to the area and then moves through on Sunday. Many parts of the region could hear some…
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The latest 7-day QPF map shows that we can expect some light showers over the rest of the weekend but by Tuesday, we should see dry conditions that will last through the end of the week. Week 2 is expected to be warmer and wetter than normal, so that should help reduce the drought after…
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Two rain events will dominate the Southeast this week. Over the weekend, a stationary front draped across southern AL and GA and northern FL will bring the heaviest rain to those areas, while other areas will see little to no rain. Midweek will be dominated by high pressure and it should be dry across the…
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The latest 7-day QPF map shows that rain in midweek will provide some relief to areas that are currently experiencing exceptional drought, but areas to the south down into Florida will see much less rain so any relief there will be limited. The long-term pattern continues to show us moving into a period of more…
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By this point it should be no surprise that with a strong El Nino occurring now in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, the latest climate outlook shows the classic rainfall pattern of wetter than normal conditions across all of the Southeast. In many parts of the region the likelihood of wetter than normal conditions is greater…
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