Climate outlooks
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If you were hoping for rain this week, you will likely be disappointed. The latest 7-day QPF map shows that a big portion of the Southeast will get little to no rain at all this week. For the next few days, only the eastern Carolinas and Virginia will get rain from the coastal storm that…
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In September, the cooler-than-normal ocean temperatures in the eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean expanded and La Nina conditions were officially declared in today’s ENSO briefing by NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center. The La Nina is expected to last through winter, with a transition back to neutral conditions in early spring. The models generally agree that this will…
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The latest 7-day QPF map shows that rain amounts across most of the region this week are expected to be relatively light. There are two periods during which rain is most likely. The first is the next few days and will be centered on the weak disturbance in the Gulf that is currently causing rain…
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The latest 7-day rainfall map that is shown below from the Weather Prediction Center shows the amount of rain that is expected over the next week. By far the most rain is likely to come from what will soon be Tropical Storm Imelda, which is gathering strength in the Southern Bahamas and headed towards the…
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After a few weeks of very dry conditions, the chance of rain goes up this week with the passage of a cold front during the next few days. Rain will fall in the early part of the week mostly north of the region but some showers could come in ahead of the front, especially as…
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The latest monthly and seasonal climate outlooks for the United States were released today. They show that for both October and the October through December period, warmer than normal conditions are likely across the region. They also show that drier than normal conditions are expected in a lot of the region for the last three…
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The lack of rainfall last week led to the increase of the number of acreage covered by drought and abnormally dry conditions in this past week’s drought map. Another dry week is expected over the next seven days, and dry conditions are likely to expand on the next map released on Thursday. The 7-day map…
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