Climate outlooks
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After all the rain we have seen in the past couple of weeks, producers should be relieved to hear that the next five days should be dry across most the region with the exception of some coastal areas. The next system coming in could start to bring light showers to the region next Thursday through…
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The latest monthly climate outlook for November 2019 was released yesterday by NOAA. It shows that most of the Southeast will have equal chances of near, below and above normal temperatures, which is not surprising since it is hard to tell exactly where the pool of the coldest air coming south from Canada will reach.…
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As expected, the remains of Olga, which briefly formed in the Gulf of Mexico before merging with a front and becoming a post-tropical remnant, will continue to bring heavy rains to northwestern parts of the Southeast today and tomorrow before moving out. Another front coming through early next week will bring more widespread rain to…
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I woke up this morning to the sound of Nestor’s rain on my roof. It should be falling most of the day, including at tonight’s football game, along with gusty winds. Not good weather for kickers and passers! We will see a lot of rain over the next week from Nestor and two other weather…
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NOAA released their latest monthly and 3-month outlooks for the climate earlier this week. They show a continued trend towards warmer than normal temperatures for both November and the November through January periods across the region. This is based on long-term temperature trends towards warmer temperatures since the 1960’s, although there is still a lot…
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Another tropical disturbance is headed towards Georgia. This storm, which is likely to become TS Nestor in the next day, is predicted to develop in the western Gulf of Mexico and move towards the northeast. Some high clouds from the storm are already visible on satellite over SW Georgia. At this time the forecast models…
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The rain that we have had this week has helped improve soil moisture across the region (at least for those areas that had the rain) and should halt the expansion of drought in those areas in the Drought Monitor. Since the cut-off time for the DM was Tuesday morning, this week’s DM (coming out tomorrow…
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