Climate outlooks
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As of 11 pm on August 24, Marco is fading rapidly and was just downgraded to a tropical depression. It is not expected to last much longer. The center did make landfall over Louisiana before it turned west, but most of the rain was in the right front quadrant, where it brought scattered heavy showers…
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With the forecast track of TS Laura moving steadily to the west, that puts most of the likely impacts of the storm well to the west of our region. But we can still expect some rain from the storm, mostly in the form of scattered lines of thunderstorms which could have locally gusty winds and…
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The latest projected path of TS Laura, which is now just west of Puerto Rico, is for it to follow along Hispaniola and and Cuba before entering the Gulf of Mexico. The southern tip of Florida could see some winds and rain from the storm, but most of the peninsula will avoid the heaviest winds.…
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With two tropical storms expected to be in the Gulf of Mexico this week, it should be no surprise that most of the rain we are likely to get is linked to those two rainmakers, especially in the states near the Gulf. This morning’s 7-day QPF map shows that there is a lot of rain…
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As of 11 pm on August 21, Tropical Storm Marco has formed southeast of the Yucutan Peninsula of Mexico and is expected to slowly strengthen and move NW near the tip of the peninsula before continuing into the western Gulf of Mexico. It is expected to make landfall as a tropical storm along the Texas…
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The latest monthly and seasonal outlooks for September through November were released this week and show that both the September and September-November are likely to be wetter than normal along the coasts because of the active tropical season. Temperatures in the fall are also likely to be warmer than normal due to the long-term trend…
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As you may know, there are two tropical depressions currently active in the Atlantic basin and they are both expected to strengthen to named storms and eventually hurricanes as they approach the Gulf of Mexico. TD14, the western depression, is predicted to move NW and cross the Yucutan Peninsula of Mexico before moving into the…