Climate outlooks
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Over the last few hours, Eta has weakened from a minimal hurricane to a tropical storm and has lost a lot of its convection as it is approaching Florida. The forward speed of the storm is also faster than originally predicted, which means that impacts at any one spot will last a shorter time than…
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Tropical Storm Eta is currently located just off the northwest corner of Cuba and is expected to make its way slowly north over the rest of this week. The current forecast shows that it is likely to make landfall somewhere between Apalachicola and Tampa, FL on Thursday night into Friday morning. Tropical storm force winds…
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As of 11 pm EST, Tropical Storm Eta is located near the southern tip of the Florida Peninsula, hammering southern Florida with heavy rain and gusty winds. It is moving westward and is expected to move past the Keys and into the eastern Gulf by Tuesday morning. It could become a weak hurricane. At that…
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This week’s 7 day QPF map shows that southern Florida and the East Coast will receive the heaviest amounts of rain. That map is dependent on where Eta ends up, so be aware that this could change if the track changes significantly. At the moment, the wettest period for most of the region looks like…
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Currently Eta is a tropical depression located over Honduras, where it is dropping torrential amounts of rain after coming onshore in Nicaragua as a major hurricane. But this may be just the beginning of Eta’s journey. The National Hurricane Center is currently forecasting Eta to move to the northeast back over the Caribbean Sea, where…
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NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center released their final outlook for November yesterday. It shows that for the Southeast, warmer and drier conditions than normal are expected through the month, although there will be some cold periods, including tomorrow morning, which see frost in northern and more elevated parts of the region. This is expected due to…
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The latest 7-day QPF shows that most of the country will see no rain at all this week, including Election Day on Tuesday. The exceptions are rain in the Pacific Northwest later in the week as well as some light rain along the East Coast. So the weather this year will not be an excuse…
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