Climate outlooks
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Main points: Neutral conditions are expected to change to La Niña by fall Active Atlantic hurricane season, but no way to know where they will go Long-term trends towards higher temperatures and humidity, especially at night Warmer and wetter conditions likely across Southeast summer, especially near Gulf Coast, with warmer than normal temperatures continuing through…
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This looks like a week of mostly dry weather in a lot of the Southeast, with the exception of the Florida Peninsula, which could see more rain as the Gulf and tropics become more active. Some models show central Georgia as getting no rain at all, while others give it some chance. The most likely…
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The latest 7 day QPF map shows that most of the Southeast should have a fairly dry week, with some showers this weekend and again towards the end of the week but mostly dry mid-week. The exception is the southern end of the Florida peninsula, which could receive copious rain from a tropical system which…
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The latest climate predictions from NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center are out and show that for June, July and August 2020, temperatures across the Southeast are leaning towards warmer than normal conditions and precipitation is leaning towards wetter than normal amounts. That does not mean there will be no dry or cool spells, but at this…
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The official NOAA forecast for the 2020 Atlantic Hurricane Season was released today. It’s no surprise that they predicted a 60 percent chance of an more active than average season, because four other groups have already predicted the same. The lack of an El Nino coupled with above-average ocean surface temperatures and being on the…
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The forecast for rain on Saturday did not look too hopeful for rain in Georgia, but the latest forecast released today looks a lot more favorable for at least an inch of rain this week. We won’t see much if anything from Tropical Storm Arthur, which will be off to our east, but a complex…
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The latest 7-day QPF map shows that most rain that occurs this week in the Southeast will occur on the edges of the region. A developing tropical system is currently bringing some rain to South Florida and will move to the northeast over the next few days. Not much rain is expected from this system…
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