Climate outlooks
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The latest 7-day QPF map shows that rainfall amounts this week should be relatively light. The heaviest amounts will be in the Southern Appalachians, along the Carolina coast, and in the Florida peninsula. Some scattered showers may occur anywhere in the region, but they are not expected to amount to much. Meanwhile, the tropics remain…
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The latest monthly and seasonal outlooks for temperature and precipitation were released today by NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center. It shows that for both the month of August and for the 3-month period from August through October, the outlook leans towards warmer than normal temperatures throughout the Southeast as well as wetter than normal conditions in…
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Most parts of the region got a decent amount of rain last week, with a few exceptions in upstate South Carolina and points north. This week looks drier, with the heaviest rain off the coast early in the week. Temperatures will be warm so evaporation rates will be high. The long-range pattern continues to show…
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As I write this on Saturday morning, the rain is pouring down outside my house in Athens, GA. We can expect to see a lot more rain this week as a nearly stationary front serves as the focus for repeated rounds of juicy showers and thunderstorms. Along the front, which is expected to park over…
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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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