Climate outlooks
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During the day today a cold front moved through the region, bringing much colder and drier air into the area. On Wednesday morning we expect to see some scattered frost in higher elevations and more northern locations as the cold air settles in, and on Thursday morning the temperatures could be even colder and the…
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The latest 7-day QPF map (not shown here but you can view it at https://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/qpf/day1-7.shtml) shows a virtually rain-free week except perhaps for some showers later this weekend in the Southern Appalachians. A cold front is moving through the region early in the week, bringing much colder air to the region. Some models indicate that…
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The latest 7-day QPF forecast this week shows that nearly all of the region will be dry this week. The exception is Florida, which is expected to be affected by soon-to-be Hurricane Milton early and mid-week as it is likely to make landfall somewhere along the west coast. Like Helene, there is expected to be…
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The latest monthly climate outlook for October 2024 shows a large area of warmer and drier than normal conditions covering much of the continental US in the next month. This is likely to lead to the expansion of drought in those areas. The Southeast is on the edge of the warmer than normal conditions in…
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The latest 7-day QPF map shows that most of the region will have relatively light rainfall for the next seven days, with the biggest rain amounts falling in South Florida and in North Carolina and Virginia. The big question mark is the end of the period, when a tropical storm or hurricane may be approaching…
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If you have been following the ENSO forecasts, you already know that we were in an El Nino last winter and that we are currently in neutral conditions headed for a La Nina later this year. NOAA released their latest monthly and seasonal forecasts today, and they show the very typical pattern of temperature and…
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I can hear it raining outside my window this morning in Athens, but once this rain moves through over the weekend, we should see a mostly dry week for north Georgia and western parts of the Carolinas and Virginia, with most of the rain focused on areas along the coasts. The rain today is associated…
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