Climate outlooks
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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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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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