Climate outlooks
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In the month of June, drought increased across Georgia significantly, going from just 9% at the end of May to 54% by the end of the month. Many of you have told me you think even that is an underestimate of how bad things are. One of the problems with the Drought Monitor’s depiction of…
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The current pattern of afternoon showers and thunderstorms is expected to continue this week. Most areas will see some rain, but there will be a few folks won’t get any due to the spotty nature of the storms. The first map below shows the predicted amount of rainfall for the next week, and the map…
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the final outlook for July 2022, released earlier this week, shows that warmer than normal temperatures are expected to continue for the next month. Precipitation is also expected to wetter than normal for a lot of the Southeast, although that is weighed heavily towards rainfall early in the month followed by drier conditions later.
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The latest 7-day QPF map shows that rain amounts should increase this week for most of the region. That is welcome news for producers who have been struggling with the dry and hot conditions. Over the weekend, most of the rain will be concentrated along the Gulf Coast, but by Tuesday rain should cover a…
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The latest 7-day QPF map shows that large parts of the region will see almost no rain this week. The exceptions will be the Florida Peninsula and parts of North Carolina and Virginia. After a slightly cooler and less humid weekend with no rain, temperatures will climb into dangerous conditions by Tuesday for much of…
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The latest monthly and seasonal outlooks for the US were released today by NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center. They show that both July and the July through September period are expected to be warmer than normal this year. Precipitation is also leaning towards wetter than normal conditions, most likely due to the expected active tropical season,…
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It’s halfway through June, so let’s take a quick look at the climate conditions so far. Temperatures have been warmer than normal across most of the region, and so far, it looks like things could get even hotter next week, so June as a whole is likely to be above normal in temperature just based…