Climate outlooks
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The latest outlook for August 2019 was released today by NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center, and they show that for the next month the region leans towards warmer than normal conditions. Precipitation is listed as having equal chances of above, below or near normal, but if you look at the breakdown by weeks at https://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov, most…
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The latest forecasts for northern Georgia and surrounding areas show that scattered showers similar to what we are seeing today are expected to continue across the region for most of the next two weeks. These summer storms are very typical for late summer and because they are so scattered, getting rain from them (or conversely,…
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The latest 7-day QPF map shows little rain in the next week for most of the Southeast with the exception of the Florida peninsula and some of eastern NC. Most of whatever rain does fall in the region will be late in the week on Thursday and Friday. Temperatures will be rising from the cool…
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Now that grape harvest is starting, I’ll be providing harvest outlooks for the grape growers across the region on the UGA Viticulture page, but I thought I would also share them here for others who might be harvesting crops in the next few weeks. Today we are seeing the passage of a rare summer cold…
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A welcome and fairly rare summer cold front will be moving through the Southeast this week. As it passes, it will bring rain to most of the region, then cooler temperatures and drier air once the front passes. The front will pass through Alabama and Georgia by mid-week and then stall out near the coast,…
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The latest monthly and seasonal outlooks for the US were released earlier this week. They show that for both August and the August through October period, temperature likelihood leans towards warmer than normal conditions, but precipitation shows equal chances of near, below and above normal. The remaining drought in the Southeast is expected to be…
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In a sharp change from last month’s El Niño outlook, the latest forecast from IRI now shows that they expect the current weak El Niño to end within the next couple of months. Last month’s forecast predicted it would last through most of the summer and perhaps into next fall. If this holds true, it…