Climate outlooks
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The latest QPF map shows that most areas of the Southeast will get a good bit of rain in the next week. Most of the rain is likely to fall this weekend as a strong front pulls close to the area and then moves through on Sunday. Many parts of the region could hear some…
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The latest 7-day QPF map shows that we can expect some light showers over the rest of the weekend but by Tuesday, we should see dry conditions that will last through the end of the week. Week 2 is expected to be warmer and wetter than normal, so that should help reduce the drought after…
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Two rain events will dominate the Southeast this week. Over the weekend, a stationary front draped across southern AL and GA and northern FL will bring the heaviest rain to those areas, while other areas will see little to no rain. Midweek will be dominated by high pressure and it should be dry across the…
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The latest 7-day QPF map shows that rain in midweek will provide some relief to areas that are currently experiencing exceptional drought, but areas to the south down into Florida will see much less rain so any relief there will be limited. The long-term pattern continues to show us moving into a period of more…
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By this point it should be no surprise that with a strong El Nino occurring now in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, the latest climate outlook shows the classic rainfall pattern of wetter than normal conditions across all of the Southeast. In many parts of the region the likelihood of wetter than normal conditions is greater…
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The latest 7-day QPF map shows that the southern half of the region should get a lot of rain this week, especially mid-week. Northern parts of the region will see much less precipitation and a lot of Virginia should get none at all. This should improve drought conditions where the rain falls, but drought may…
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I continue to get questions about when the El Nino winter rains will kick in. While it looks like we will have a few more warm and dry days this week, rain is returning to the region on Thursday and will help to shift us out of the long dry pattern. Areas in southern GA…
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