Climate outlooks
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The latest update on climate in the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint river basin will be held on Tuesday, January 26, at 1 pm EST. You can get information on this and other activities occurring in the Southeast and register for the webinar at https://myemail.constantcontact.com/January-26-ACF-Drought-and-Water-Monthly-Webinar.html?soid=1107257096495&aid=4z6hDrIWlJ0.
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The latest 7-day QPF map shows that this weekend should be dry across the Southeast, but a storm brewing in Texas will move eastward over the area during the week. It will bring moderate rain to parts of the Southeast along its path, especially on Thursday and Friday, leaving the Florida peninsula and most of…
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The latest La Nina update from NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center shows that the La Nina is likely to continue through winter and into early spring, according to this story in Reuters. While this has not been a very typical La Nina winter so far due to the displacement of the cold air associated with the…
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The latest 7-day QPF map shows that almost all of the region is expected to get less than a quarter inch of rain this week. The only exceptions are in parts of Alabama and the east coast of North Carolina, which could get up to half an inch. The rain should be out of the…
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Our next monthly climate webinar is being held on Tuesday, January 12, at 10 am EST, its usual time. This month’s special topic will be wildfires in the Southeast. Along with that we will have an overview of climate and water resources as well as a look at agricultural impacts. You will learn more about…
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This time of year I get a lot of questions about what we can expect for the weather in the upcoming growing season. There are several groups and individuals that provide outlooks on what to expect. One of these experts is Brad Rippey of USDA. This article from AgWeb provides Brad’s description of current conditions…
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The rain that is falling in a band stretching northeast from Apalachicola, FL through southern GA and on into the Carolinas should exit the region by the end of the weekend, bringing dry conditions through mid-week. Other areas will see lighter amounts of precipitation. The next system will start bringing light rain to the region…
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