Climate outlooks
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The latest ENSO outlook was released by NOAA today. It shows that the current La Nina is expected to continue through the March-May period, then neutral conditions are likely to take over. There is now a hint that we could see La Nina return later in the year. Two years in a row of La…
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The National Weather Service’s Southeast River Forecast Center has released a new Water Resources Outlook on YouTube today. You can view the video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QZxyunHbkA&feature=youtu.be.
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Most of the Southeast will see a lot of precipitation this week, with two storms moving through the area. Some parts will see snow or other frozen precipitation, while more southern locations see all rain. Up to five inches could be seen in some places, which is not good for farmers trying to get field…
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The latest monthly climate outlook for February 2021 was released this week. It shows that the monthly pattern is expected to look mainly like a La Nina pattern with the warmest and driest area confined to Florida. But the Climate Prediction Center’s outlook for the beginning of the month looks like it will be quite…
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This week’s rain forecast shows that rain is likely over the weekend, followed by a cool and dry period for most of the region Monday through Wednesday. Another storm will drop more rain late in the week. The Florida peninsula will be largely missed by the rain. Longer-term models suggest that a strong cold front…
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The latest 7-day QPF map shows that most of the region should receive around an inch of rain this week. It will start in northern sections over the weekend, then move south by mid-week. The end of the week is expected to be dry in most of the region. The southern half of the Florida…
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Even though this has not been a very typical La Nina winter so far, statistically La Nina conditions are most likely. So the outlook maps for February and February through April show that the warmer and drier than usual conditions we usually see in the Southeast in La Nina winters are still the most likely…
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