Climate outlooks
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We are in a typical summertime pattern with mostly pop-up storms that provide just hit or miss precipitation right now. For most areas, that means they won’t see much rain this week. The highest chances are in southern Florida and in Virginia and eastern North Carolina. The weak low that moved onshore along the East…
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The latest 7-day QPF map shows that once the lingering front moves out of North Carolina and Virginia tonight, strong high pressure should dominate the region for most of the next week. That means sunny skies and no chance of rain with lower humidity. It should be very nice for those of you who are…
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April 2022 was a mixed bag climate-wise, with some areas in central Georgia receiving a lot of rain while others missed out. This led to dry conditions in some parts of the state that have farmers there worried. Temperatures in the northern ¾ of Georgia were cooler than normal overall, while farmers in southern Georgia…
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The focus of stormy weather this week will be in the central US, which certainly needs the rain, although perhaps not the tornadoes and hail they are seeing this weekend. In the Southeast, we should see relatively light and scattered amounts of rain this week, with the highest amounts in southern Florida and in eastern…
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The latest 7-day QPF map shows that rain amounts this week should be quite light. Most of the rain will fall as a cold front passes through the region starting on Monday night and exiting on Wednesday. However, the total rain will be less than 1/2 inch except for a few spots in northern Alabama…
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The latest outlook maps for May 2022 and May through July 2022 were released today by NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center. They show that for May, the southern part of our region is the most likely to be warmer than normal, while much of the region could be wetter than normal. For the early summer months…
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The latest 7-day QPF map shows that the wettest conditions are likely to occur in middle Alabama and Georgia and the driest conditions in the Florida Peninsula and in North Carolina and Virginia. Most of the rain will occur over the next three days and it will be followed by nearly dry conditions for the…
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