Climate outlooks
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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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NOAA released its latest outlooks for April and the April through June period. Both the April and April-June outlook maps shows the likelihood of having warmer than normal temperatures during those periods. I am sure this is due in part to the trend towards warmer temperatures in recent years, which makes getting another warm year…
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As expected, the trough of low pressure that has been giving the West Coast snow and frigid temperatures has shifted to the east over the last few days. This means that cold air is likely to bring frost and freezes to many locations in the Southeast over the next several days. The coldest mornings will…
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After going through weeks of warm and dry weather, we will see a change this week as a couple of fronts move through the region. The first round of rain should occur on Sunday, followed by a couple of dry and cool days before the next storm system moves in near the end of the…
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NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center announced today that the La Niña that has been holding on in the eastern Pacific Ocean has finally ended and that we are back in neutral conditions. You can read the final advisory at https://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/analysis_monitoring/enso_advisory/ensodisc.shtml. The forecast for ENSO is for neutral conditions to continue for the next few months before…
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The latest 7-day QPF forecast shows that with the passage of the line of storms yesterday, quieter and drier weather should return to the region for the next few days, although the line remains in northern Florida where it is dropping some showers today. The rest of the region should be dry through the rest…
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