Climate outlooks
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The weather is about to turn a lot colder with the passage of one cold front tonight and a second front moving through in a few days. Much colder air is going to cover most of the region except for the Florida Peninsula and areas close to the coast. The coldest mornings will be December…
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The latest 7-day QPF map shows an area of rain (and perhaps snow at some locations and elevations in northern and higher areas) that is likely to drop 1-2 inches of rain over Tennessee and adjacent areas of northern AL and GA as well as western SC and NC and north into Kentucky. There will…
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The North Carolina State Climate Office posted their winter outlook for the coming season a few days ago. You can read it by clicking on the title of the story below.
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I received word from the NWS office in Peachtree City today that they are discontinuing their seasonal frost/freeze warnings since they have reached the average date of the end of the growing season as they usually do. Of course, this year most of the region has not yet received a freeze, but that is likely…
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We are now entering the time of year when we start to get fronts moving through Georgia and other southern regions of the Southeast with more regularity. Ahead of a cold front our air gets warmer and moister and rain is likely to fall as the front approaches. After the cold front passes, we see…
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The latest 7-day QPF map shows very little rain for most of the Southeast this week. Most of what does fall will drop this weekend, with lower amounts early in the week and no rain at all expected late in the week. This is likely to cause the Drought Monitor status to get worse again…
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A heavy rain event may occur in central Georgia on Wednesday and Thursday as moisture flows into the area from the circulation around Tropical Storm (and likely Hurricane) Rafael and interacts with a cold front there. Up to a foot of rain may occur in some isolated locations. While Georgia desperately needs the rain due…
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