Climate outlooks

  • The latest 7-day QPF map shows that only light rain can be expected in most of the Southeast in the next week. After a dry weekend, rain chances improve slightly during the week. The wettest areas will be the interior of the Florida peninsula and the mountainous areas of Georgia and the Carolinas. The pattern…

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  • The Climate Prediction Center released an updated outlook for June 2019 this afternoon. It shows that all of Florida and parts of the rest of the region lean towards warmer than normal temperatures. There is no indication of whether June will be wetter or drier than normal at this point, leading to “equal chances” of…

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  • The latest 7-day QPF for the Southeast shows that no rain at all is expected in Alabama, most of Florida, and Georgia as strong high pressure continues to dominate the region. Some light amounts of rain are expected in South Carolina and more rain is expected in North Carolina and Virginia. Because of the complete…

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  • As expected, NOAA’s forecast for the upcoming 2019 tropical season in the Atlantic Ocean basin shows that they think that the season should have close to an average number of tropical storms and hurricanes in the region. This is based on several indicators, including the current weak status of El Niño. You can read the…

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  • The latest forecast for the North Atlantic Ocean was released today by the U. K. Met Office. It says that they expect a total number of named storms of 13, just slightly above the long-term average of 12 storms.  NOAA will be releasing its own forecast soon, and I don’t expect it to be much…

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  • The latest 7-day QPF map for this week shows that the entire Southeast will receive at most only minor amounts of rain. The high pressure that is sitting over our region is effectively shutting down most of the rain that would bring relief to the region, and is leading to temperatures that are much higher…

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  • The National Weather Service’s Southeast River Forecast Center has produced a new Water Outlook for the Southeast. You can view the video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcA1nNe_RoM&feature=youtu.be.

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