Climate outlooks
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While a lot of the hype on social media this week (at least among meteorologists) has been the potential for snow somewhere in the Southeast or on the East Coast, the bigger story for most of us is going to be the coming cold weather, according to James Spann, well-known Birmingham meteorologist. The conditions he…
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The latest 7-day QPF map shows that most of the rain this week will occur near or off the coasts. Over the weekend, the heaviest rain will fall near the Gulf Coast, but by mid-week the focus will shift to the East Coast. A storm is likely to develop there and could bring winter conditions…
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The latest seasonal outlook for January through March 2023 was released earlier this week. It shows that the expected climate pattern for the winter as a whole is still a La Nina pattern, with warmer and drier conditions expected, especially in Florida and South GA and FL. Keep in mind that this prediction is based…
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I’m talking about temperature, folks! A lot of my social media feed for the last couple of days has been related to one or more cold outbreaks that could affect the United States over the next couple of weeks or even into January. NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center even posted an infographic about the first one,…
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The latest ENSO update, released late last week, shows that while La Nina is still present in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, a transition to neutral conditions is likely in early 2023, with equal chances for La Nina and neutral conditions by January through March and a 73% chance of neutral conditions by February through April.…
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The short-term outlook for weather conditions is for more rain to move through a lot of the Southeast, although southern Florida will not see much. The rain could come in a couple of waves, with the heaviest rain occurring in mid-week. After that, cooler and drier weather will move into the region as the pattern…
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Earlier this month, Weather Underground offered a good look at the two previous times that La Nina occurred three years in a row and how it affected climate. As their analysis shows, temperature was less similar than precipitation, so if this holds, you are more likely to see a dry winter than a warm one.…