Climate outlooks
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On Tuesday at 10 am EDT, the Southeast Climate Monthly Webinar will present information on the current state of the climate, including drought, tropical weather, and impacts on water supplies and agriculture. This month also includes a fall foliage update. You can register and join the webinar at https://register.gotowebinar.com/rt/1287144793876293389.
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The latest 5-day tropical outlook for the Atlantic shows just one area of investigation. This wave has only a 30 percent chance of developing into a tropical storm in the next five days, and once it gets farther west will run into stronger wind shear, which will make any development more difficult. We are still…
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The latest 7-day QPF map shows a lot of rain for the Southeast. Nearly all of this will fall in the next three days as the remains of Hurricane Delta move through the area, especially today and tomorrow. After that, no rain is expected for nearly all of the Southeast except for the southern tip…
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Our local National Weather Service Office posts a weekly weather briefing on Thursdays. The latest can be found at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMsUd4sx2TI&feature=youtu.be, including a discussion of the impacts of Hurricane Delta on Georgia. Your local office may produce a similar briefing on YouTube, so check your local office page for more information.
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Hurricane Delta has now emerged from the Yucatan Peninsula and is moving back over open water in the Gulf of Mexico. It is expected to slowly strengthen for a while to a major hurricane again before weakening as it moves over colder water near the coast, which is caused by stirring up the water due…
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The latest outlook from the National Hurricane Center is that Hurricane Delta, now a category 4 storm, is continuing pretty much as expected towards the NW and should make its initial landfall on the northern tip of the Yucatan peninsula of Mexico near Cancun on Wednesday. It will then continue to move through the Gulf…
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This morning Delta became a tropical storm, but by this evening it was already a hurricane due to rapid pressure falls in the center of circulation. The latest forecast now indicates that Delta is likely to be a major hurricane as it crosses the Gulf of Mexico, although it is expected to weaken before it…