Climate outlooks
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What a miserable day Saturday was for a large part of the region! It rained all day in Athens starting just after my CoCoRaHS observation at 7 am, and they finally called off the Masters Tournament in Augusta shortly after 3 pm after a sodden end to the second round and start of the 3rd…
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The latest monthly climate outlook was released by NOAA earlier this week. It shows that the region is expected to be warmer than normal. Northern AL and the mountains are also slightly leaning towards wetter than normal conditions based on the current weather pattern. The drought in and near Florida is expected to persist and…
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The latest 7-day QPF map shows a continuation of the pattern that we have seen quite often during the winter, with the heaviest rain falling in northern AL and GA and the Southern Appalachians and stretching off to the northeast and drier conditions in Florida and southern AL and GA. Once the front that is…
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UPDATE: Summary and video are found here. Each month I participate along with several others in the Southeast Climate Monthly Webinar, which features an update on climate conditions around the region along with an outlook for the future conditions or another topic of special interest. This week Tuesday March 28 I am especially looking forward…
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The latest QPF maps for this week show that early in the week, a stationary front draped across central Georgia, Alabama, and South Carolina will bring quite a bit of rain to the region and along the front. Unsettled weather near the front could bring severe weather to that part of the region on Sunday.…
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After a cold start to this week, with freezing conditions down into central Georgia and Alabama, a pattern shift is expected to bring warmer conditions back to the region for the next few weeks. This will allow farmers to take advantage of warmer soil temperatures to get corn and other crops into the ground in…
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The latest 7-day QPF map shows the only rain this weekend is in Florida with the tail end of the front that passed through the region over the last two days. We should see relatively little rain through mid-week, then a heavy rain event in the Ohio River and Middle Mississippi Valleys that will drop…
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