Climate outlooks
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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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The latest 7-day QPF map shows that the southern half of the region should get a lot of rain this week, especially mid-week. Northern parts of the region will see much less precipitation and a lot of Virginia should get none at all. This should improve drought conditions where the rain falls, but drought may…
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I continue to get questions about when the El Nino winter rains will kick in. While it looks like we will have a few more warm and dry days this week, rain is returning to the region on Thursday and will help to shift us out of the long dry pattern. Areas in southern GA…
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I’ve been getting phone calls and emails asking when we can expect the El Nino rains to start to reduce the drought that has been growing across a lot of the Southeast in the past few weeks. Unfortunately, the Climate Prediction Center and the long-range models do not give much hope of needed relief in…
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This week we are expecting a big change in the prevailing weather pattern as a strong cold front moves through the region from northwest to southeast on Tuesday and Wednesday. The front will not have a lot of precipitation with it but will bring sharply colder and drier air to a lot of the region…
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The latest 7-day QPF shows that a lot of the region will see only a little rain this week. Most of what is expected will fall mid-week with the passage of a strong cold front starting on Monday. The heaviest rain from the front will be in Virginia and North Carolina, with very little rain…
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