Climate outlooks
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The NWS is predicting the possibility of multiple rounds of wintry weather coming through the Southeast Thursday through Sunday this week. In Georgia, the focus will be on central and perhaps southern Georgia, and early indications are that it is more likely to be an ice storm than snow for most areas other than the…
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There will be two storm systems coming through the Southeast this week. The first is moving into the area now and will bring wintry weather to a lot of the region over the long weekend. A second system with lighter rain amounts is expected by mid-week but should not produce winter precipitation in most areas.…
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I’ve been getting lots of emails, phone calls, and comments from extension agents at our Winter School this week, asking about the weather this weekend (my church office manager too!). The computer models that provide forecasts are showing that a storm currently just coming onshore along the West Coast is going to move into our…
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The latest ENSO update was released today by NOAA. It shows that the La Nina continues to be present in the eastern Pacific Ocean and these conditions are expected to last through spring. You can read the latest outlook here.
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I’ve been tied up with training and grant-writing this week, but have been getting lots of questions about the potential for wintry weather in northern Georgia and adjacent areas this weekend. I will take a more detailed look tomorrow, but thought I would share a couple of related websites that might be helpful. I think…
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The latest QPF map shows that rain in the western part of the region will see some pretty good rains this week. The rest of the region will see less than normal, which could affect the drought depiction on next week’s map. Most of the rain will fall in the next couple of days as…
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While the beginning of January 2022 was much warmer than average (Athens was 27 degrees above normal this weekend!), once the cold front passes we should see a period of much cooler air. It’s not going to be frigid, but a few degrees below normal, so it will feel a lot more like a Southern…
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