Climate outlooks
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The tropics are starting to become more active, which means that those of us in the Southeast need to start watching more carefully. Today the National Hurricane Center’s 5-day forecast shows an area of 50 percent chance of development in the next five days along the east coast of Florida extending up to the Outer…
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Our weather pattern has recently shifted back towards a summertime pattern with lots of pop-up thunderstorms. Not everyone will get hit every day, but you can expect a lot of activity over the next week, especially in northern Georgia, where several inches could fall in the next two weeks. The models are currently showing a…
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The rain this week is focused along the front which is currently draped across northern Florida and along the coast. Areas north of the front should see relatively light amounts of precipitation, while areas along and to the south of the front could see heavy rain and even some flash flooding. The National Hurricane Center…
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The latest NOAA outlook for September and the September through November period were released today. They show that for both September and the 3-month fall period, temperatures are expected to be warmer than normal. Precipitation is mostly listed as Equal Chances because most of the rain-causing events like summer thunderstorms and tropical storms cannot be…
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The increased storm activity this afternoon is coming in ahead of a front that is dropping down from the north. I expect stormy weather to continue through Wednesday or maybe Thursday morning and then drop to the south. That should leave northern Georgia and Alabama in cooler and drier air through the weekend, while folks…
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The latest 7-day QPF forecast shows that most of the region should get at least an inch of rain this week. The lightest amounts are likely to be in northern Alabama and Georgia and upstate North and South Carolina. This pattern is expected to continue into week 2. Weeks 3 and 4 at the moment…
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The typical summer weather pattern is here and is expected to stay in the area for at least the next couple of weeks. This week looks relatively dry, especially in Georgia, but scattered daily showers and thunderstorms may hit some fields and miss others under weak steering currents, especially in week 2. By mid-month we…
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