Climate outlooks
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NOAA released their monthly and seasonal outlooks for temperature and precipitation today. The outlooks show that the temperature for both July and the July-September period is leaning towards warmer than normal conditions. This is most likely linked to the trend towards warmer temperatures we have seen over the last 50 years due to a warming…
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The latest 7-day QPF map shows that most of the region can expect a lot more rain this week. This is a good thing for farmers whose crops need moisture this week. Rain should start on Sunday and there are likely to be several rain events over the next few days. The driest areas will…
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Today NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center announced that El Niño is here and is expected to get stronger over the next few months. It is expected to last into at least spring 2024, which is as far ahead as the predictions show in their graphics. The ocean temperatures have been in place for a while already,…
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The forecast for rain this week is for less than half an inch for most of the region, and none at all for parts of North and South Carolina and Virginia. The only exception is the far southeastern part of Florida, which will continue to see rain from the remains of TS Arlene, which was…
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The updated monthly climate outlook for June 2023 was released earlier this week by NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center. The maps show that for almost all of the region there is no lean towards warmer or colder and wetter or drier conditions this month. That means we have equal chances of near, above, and below normal…
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NOAA released their 2023 Atlantic hurricane outlook last week and it showed that this season is likely to have fewer named storms than the previous few years. But those statistics don’t say anything about where any storms that do form might go. The Weather Channel posted a story this weekend looking at the historical paths…
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There will be several rain-producing weather systems bring rain to parts of the Southeast, but a few areas will not see any rain at all. Over this weekend, the strong low off the East Coast is bringing heavy rain to parts of the Carolinas, with some spill-over into eastern Georgia. That will move out early…
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