Climate outlooks
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After a dry October, producers have been hoping for a return to wetter conditions. However, the final outlook for November 2022 shows a better than even chance of warmer and drier conditions than usual for the month. This means that drought is likely to expand and deepen and expand across the region over the next…
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The latest 7-day QPF map shows that only light to moderate rain is expected across the region this week. The heaviest rain will fall in southwest Alabama and the far western Florida panhandle, and the driest area will be in the Florida peninsula where no rain is expected to fall. Most of the rain will…
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The latest 7-day QPF map shows that there is little chance of rain in the forecast again this week, and amounts are expected to be light if it does fall. After a dry and quiet fall weekend, we can expect increasing chances of showers by mid-week, but the amounts expected are low so won’t make…
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NOAA issued their winter forecast for the upcoming winter today. It shows that this will be another year with impacts related to the ongoing third year of La Nina, with warmer and drier than normal conditions expected across the southern part of the country as the jet stream and its associated storms is pushed to…
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The latest 7-day QPF map shows that most of our region will experience no rain in the next week. A strong cold front will move through the area over the weekend into early next week and drop some rain in Virginia and North Carolina, and southern Florida may see a little rain towards the end…
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A cold front moving through the region this week has brought rain and cooler temperatures to the Southeast the past few days. A second, stronger cold front is expected this weekend, and that will usher in even colder and drier air by Tuesday morning. As the cold air settles in, it could get even colder…
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The latest 7-day QPF map shows that most of the region will not see any rain until late next week, when a front moves through the area and drops some showers. The exception is southern Florida, which will see rain by mid-week. Because of that, the Drought Monitor is likely to expand abnormally dry conditions…
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