Climate outlooks

  • The latest 7-day QPF map shows that we can expect mostly dry conditions over the next seven days. The rain that does fall will be mainly confined to the northwest edge of our region, as the main storm track puts rain through the Ohio River Valley to our northwest. The highest chance of rain will…

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  • The latest monthly outlook for February 2019 was released today. It shows that warmer and wetter conditions than normal are expected for most of the region during the month, except for equal chances of above, near and below normal precipitation in southern Florida. The first two weeks are the most likely to be above normal…

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  • Most of the region should be pretty dry this week, but the Florida peninsula will see quite a bit more rain as a front stalls out over the area. That is good news for the drought that has been developing there for the past few weeks, so we may see some improvement in next week’s…

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  • The latest 7-day QPF map shows that heavy rain should occur across most of the region this week with two major storms moving through the area. On Saturday the first storm plows through, bringing a lot of rain with some wind and potentially even some severe weather to parts of the Southeast. Dry conditions should…

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  • The latest climate outlooks for February and February-through-April were released today (in spite of the government shutdown, and thanks to the NOAA folk who are working without paychecks at the moment to produce them!).  The map shows that February is leaning towards colder temperatures than normal across Georgia, with drier than normal conditions a bit…

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  • The latest 7-day QPF map shows that northern and western parts of our region will see moderate amounts of rain this week from systems this weekend and again late in the week, with a dry spell Tuesday through Thursday. The exception is the Florida Peninsula, which is expected to be dry all week as the…

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  • So far January 2019 has been much warmer than normal across the Southeast but especially in areas north of Florida. Temperatures are as much as 12 degrees above normal so far for the first ten days of the year. Precipitation has been feast or famine, with some areas receiving much higher than normal amounts of…

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