Climate outlooks
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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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The latest monthly outlook for October 2022, updated at the end of September, shows that after a cold start to the month, temperatures are expected to warm back up and bring most of the region close to normal for the month as a whole, and some areas may see above normal temperatures overall. Precipitation is…
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The latest 5-day outlook from the National Hurricane Center shows two areas of potential development in the Atlantic this week. Fortunately for us in the Southeast, neither one shows any signs of heading towards us. The western investigation looks like it will continue west into Central America, and the eastern one shows that it will…
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The remains of Hurricane Ian are still affecting North Carolina and Virginia, but once they move off to the east, the region will be completely dry, with a cool high pressure area parked over us. This will be good for farmers who are trying to get back into their fields and need drier conditions to…
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