Climate outlooks
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As we wave goodbye to the last winter storm that moved through our region yesterday and today, we are starting to look ahead to the next storm that is expected to form soon in the Gulf Coast and move towards us in the Southeast before curving up to the Mid-Atlantic. There is still a lot…
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The first big winter storm of the 2024-2025 winter is building in Oklahoma as I write this on Saturday night. This storm is expected to move west to east across the eastern half of the US over the next two days, bringing areas of freezing rain and snow to parts of the Mid-Atlantic and the…
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Over the last few days I have received several questions about media reports of much colder weather that is expected to move into the Southeast over the next couple of weeks. In many cases this has been tied to ominous pictures of snowfall maps showing up to a foot of snow falling in one location…
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The latest monthly climate outlook for January 2025 was released earlier this week by NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center. It shows that colder than normal conditions are likely across most of the Southeast. Precipitation does not show a trend to wetter or drier than usual conditions and will be highly dependent on the development of storms…
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The latest 7-day QPF map released today shows that there will not be a lot of rain or snow in the next week for most of the region. The next two days should be dry, then a storm system along the East Coast will start to drop some rain on day 3 (Monday into Tuesday).…
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The latest seasonal outlooks for temperature and precipitation were issued today. They still show the likely impact of the La Nina that is expected to be declared any time now. Temperature across the Southeast is expected to be warmer than normal in most parts of the region and precipitation is expected to be drier than…
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On Saturday there is a front to the west of our region bringing rain into NW Alabama. Some showers will progress eastward from there over the next few days, but rainfall amounts will be relatively light. By the end of the week most areas will see no additional rainfall, although a few showers may linger…
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